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1.PFC Felix E. Brockman, a World War I Soldier by Ripley, Richard M. Recall Vol. 3 Issue 1, May 1997
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21213
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Brockman was born in Greensboro in December, 1895, and at age 101, he is one of the few living North Carolinians who served in the war. He joined an ambulance company being organized by the Greensboro Chapter of the American Red Cross, and it was sworn into the Army in June 1917. The company, now called Ambulance Company No. 321, joined the 81st \"Wildcat\" Division, which included many North Carolinians. Brockman arrived in France on August 24, 1918, and the last battle the company took part in was the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. After the war, he settled in Greensboro where he worked with an office supply store.
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21215
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British forces made two attempts to control North and South Carolina during the first two years of the American Revolution. Both failed. From 1775 to 1778, the northern colonies bore the brunt of most of the major fighting. With fighting in the north stalemated late in 1778, British commanders again looked southward. Ripley recounts the fighting in the South up to 1781, much of which was a bitter, violent civil war between Tories and American militia, with little participation by British soldiers.
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21338
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Ripley recounts the reasons for and the results of the violent and rebellious attempt by Native Americans living in Eastern North Carolina in 1711 to regain their independence. The war began with a general massacre of white settlers in Bath County on September 21, 1711, and ended with the four day battle at Fort Neoheroka, March 20-23, 1713. Over 600 whites and Indians were killed there. This period is known as the Tuscarora War.
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21497
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An examination of the extent of Governor of Virginia, Sir William Berkeley's participation in the settlement of Carolina, especially the Albemarle region, due to his one-eighth share of the vast portion of real estate south of his government given to him when Charles II created him one of the \"true and Absolute Lords and Proprietaries\" of Carolina in 1662-1663.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 72 Issue 3, July 1995,
p329-342, il, por
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21509
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Following the 1949 death of US Senator J. Melville Broughton of North Carolina, a special election was convened to name his successor for the remainder of his term. The election was a three-way race between Dr. Frank Porter Graham, Robert R. Reynolds, and Willis Smith. Graham was predicted to win in a landslide but Reynolds, half-hearted campaign was able to secure enough votes to force a runoff between Graham and Smith. Smith was able to upset Graham in the runoff and obtained a US Senate seat in the process.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 65 Issue 1, Jan 1988,
p53-75 , il, por, f
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21552
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This bulletin explains changes in employee wellness programs effective January 1, 2014. HIPAA nondiscrimination rules have changed, but ADA, GINA, and N.C. laws remain the same.
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A look at the political career of lawyer, writer, humorist, religious speaker, television commentator, and two-time candidate for Governor of North Carolina, Herbert Floyd \"Chub\" Seawell Jr.'s run in the 1952 gubernatorial election and its effect of the Republican party and beginning the move to a two-party system within the state. Although Seawell lost the election, he received more votes than any Republican candidate in the state's history at the time, and led the groundwork for a reinvigoration of the of the Republican party by differentiating their platform from that of the Democrats. Seawell advocated \"family values,\" lower taxes, economy in government and played a prominent role in the effort to rid North Carolina Republicanism of the stigma of Reconstruction and the \"evils\" of carpetbaggers.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 76 Issue 1, Jan 1999,
p66-101, il, por, f
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21580
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Under the auspices of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), University of North Carolina president Frank Porter Graham helped create the Institute for Nuclear Studies. Porter was then elected the institute's first president but his acceptance of the presidency began a series of dramatic events including a FBI probe, an AEC security clearance controversy, an investigation of loyalty procedures, and a failed bid for the US Senate in 1950. While not himself a Communist or Communist-sympathizer, Graham was associated with several organizations which were viewed as such. His support for these organizations stemmed from specific goals they championed that were not necessarily Communist related. The AEC's Personnel Security Review Board denied Graham clearance based on these affiliations, but not because for lack of loyalty. The AEC and its chairman, David Lilienthal, overruled the board and granted Graham the necessary clearance.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 69 Issue 4, Oct 1992,
p414-437 , il, por, f
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21640
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Two 1894 court cases, Charles H. Martin (Populist) v. James A. Lockhart (Democrat) and Cyrus Thompson (Populist) v. John G. Shaw (Democrat) are examined in order to shed light on the appeal of populism as a movement of social and political protest among farmers and the lower classes.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 78 Issue 2, Apr 2001,
p156-186, il, por, map, f
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21686
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This article looks at Anne Davis, the wife of a Methodist minister and a matron at Wesleyan Female College, and how she was able to exercise her beliefs over her family and the female students. The article also looks at her diary from 1835 onward and connects her actions to her inner beliefs.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 83 Issue 2, Apr 2006,
p165-192 , il, por, f
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21697
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This article explores the Populist Party in North Carolina at the beginning of the 20th century, especially with regards to a contested election case in 1900 between Populist and Democratic candidates. The article also examines the African American struggle to vote when faced with violence from the Red Shirts, gangs of armed men who sought to suppress African American, Republican, and Populist voters.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 85 Issue 1, Jan 2008,
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21709
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Vincent Waters, Bishop of Raleigh, worked tirelessly between 1945 and 1974 to improve the lives of Catholic African-Americans throughout North Carolina. He attempted to integrate parishes and schools under his jurisdiction, ordain black priests, and was a leader of the state's civil rights struggles.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 85 Issue 4, Oct 2008,
p379-415 , il, por, f
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21770
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This article discusses 19th century North Carolina psychiatrist Dr. Patrick L. Murphy. His work as superintendent of the Western State Asylum for the Insane in Morganton is presented, with emphasis on this work for patient rights and well-being. Typical mental illness care in asylums during the late 19th century and the associated difficulties are also examined.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 86 Issue 1, Jan 2009,
p32-58 , il, por, f
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21843
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\"On June 26, 2013, the US Supreme Court held in United States v. Windsor that Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional. as a result, for all federal laws the terms \"spouse\" and \"marriage\" now include, in addition to opposite-sex spouses and marriage between persons of opposite sexes, same-sex spouses and marriages between persons of the same sex. The Supreme Court's decision has no effect, however, on state laws.\" Juffras discusses six things local government employers need to know about the Windsor decision.
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This article discusses the economic, geographic, social, and political factors that influenced literacy, the availability of printed materials, and the creation of libraries in North Carolina during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 82 Issue 3, July 2005,
p293-325 , il, por, f
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