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20357
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Charles Aycock, 50th Governor of North Carolina, was a staunch advocate for public education improvement within the state. Among his promotions was universal education, which would offer education to everyone, despite race or economic status.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 37 Issue 2, Apr 1960,
p211-216, f
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22549
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Kiffin Yates Rockwell, born to a Columbus County, North Carolina native, was born in Tennessee in 1892. Rockwell earned high marks at Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University before becoming well-known in advertising journalism. To champion his French roots, Rockwell joined the French army upon the breakout of World War I, where he became successful in aviation. Unfortunately, but honorably, Rockwell is the first North Carolinian and second American to give his life during World War I and is buried in Luxiul with the honors of a general.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 20 Issue 1, April-July 1920,
p150-155
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