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19071
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North Carolinians have been known for courageous acts and decisions from colonial times down to the present. For some it meant the end of a political career; for others the end of their careers; for some it cost their lives. Space limits Lawrence to a few outstanding acts of courage by North Carolinians, including Calvin Graves, Colonel Henry K. Burgwyn, Josiah Turner, Judge Henry Conner, and Governor Blucher Ehringhaus.
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34379
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Carl Ernest Duckett, born in Swannanoa, North Carolina in 1923, served as the Central Intelligence Agency’s top science official. A collection of declassified documents unveiled Duckett’s role as a key player in high-tech espionage at the height of the Cold War, which he quietly helped win. Duckett oversaw secret programs including U-2 surveillance flights, the agency’s CORONA spy satellites, and its Glomar Explorer mission to raise a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine from the ocean’s depths.
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20368
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Lawrence states that his list is a matter of personal opinion and that readers would probably substitute some other names for those he mentions. Among those included are Zebulon Baird Vance, Josephus Daniels, Thomas Ruffin, and John Motley Morehead.
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19199
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During their lifetimes they were severely criticized. Lawrence writes biographical sketches of each one, revealing that in the majority of instances, future developments proved them to be right. The men were John Sevier, Thomas Person, Archibald D. Murphey, Calvin Graves, Hinton Rowan Helper, William H. Haywood, Alfred Dockery, Albion W. Tourgee, and Thomas Settle.
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