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In this article the author is discussing the accomplishments of Mary Fisher Harris DeVane towards the African American community in New Bern. Mary was considered to have many different jobs in the community such as owning a beauty school, beauty salons, a taxi service, and did brokerage for sleep-in-maids and mid-wives. As a young African American Mary had to deal with Jim Crow laws, segregation, and having constitutional rights taken from her. Regardless Mary was considered to be a very intelligent and passionate woman. Mary strived to help empower and rise up her African American community.
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In this article the author is discussing the first North Carolina Provincial Congress of 1774. This congress was made up of seventy-one delegates who were elected from 36 counties. On the 27th of August of 1774 the delegates drafted their resolutions to be sent to King George the third. These resolutions were to be called The New Bern Resolves.
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