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Blackbeard was the most famous of all the pirates during the Golden Age of Piracy, which lasted from the late 17th-century into the early 18-century. He raided ships and towns from the Caribbean to the coasts of Virginia and the Carolinas, and his personal appearance inspired terror in those he confronted. He was killed near Ocracoke in 1718 by sailors of the King's navy.
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Flora MacDonald lived through the glory days and hard times. In 1745, she became a legend in her native Scotland by helping the pretender to the Scottish throne, Prince Charles, escape after he was defeated at the Battle of Culloden. Later she and her husband came to North Carolina, hoping for a better life. Their decision to remain loyal to England during the Revolution angered many and forced their return to Scotland, where they lived the reminder of their lives.
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Fresh from her studies at Cambridge, Massachusetts's prestigious English High School, Charlotte Hawkins Brown returned to North Carolina in 1902 to found a unique private school for Afro-Americans in Sedalia near Greensboro. She was 19, and the school was the Palmer Memorial Institute. It became her life's work, as over the next fifty years, Brown developed the school into one of the nation's premier boarding schools for Afro-Americans.
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In August 1999, Henry E. Frye became the first African-American chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He had served as an associate justice sine 1983. Frye was also the first African-American elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives since Reconstruction. In an interview with Tar Heel Junior Historian, Frye discusses his life and accomplishments.
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Charles Kuralt began his newspaper career in Charlotte. In 1957, he was hired by CBS-TV as a newswriter. He spent his professional career with the network, covering a variety of assignments, including the Vietnam War, Latin America, and the space program. Two of his most poplar programs were \"On the Road\" and \"Sunday Morning.\" Among his awards were fifteen Emmys, two George Foster Peabody Awards, and three Grammy Awards. Kuralt died July 4, 1997.
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