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41397
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Commemorating the Civil Rights movement’s leaders and key events is the National Civil Rights Trail. North Carolina contains five of the fifteen stops, which include Estey Hall at Shaw University, Hayti Heritage Center, and the February One Monument.
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National Civil Rights Trail--North Carolina ; Durham--black business districts--Hayti community ; International Civil Rights Center and Museum (Greensboro); Woolworth's 1960 sit in; Shaw University--Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; Freedom Rides--Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee--Ella Baker; Black voter registration drives--Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee--Ella Baker; Woolworth's 1960 sit in--University of North Carolina Greensboro; Historic African American communities--North Carolina--Hayti District
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41396
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A commodity created when North Carolina was a salt-strapped British colony, the profiled sea salt companies demonstrate its enduring value. Also illustrating its considerable usefulness is the author’s description of the refinement process that turns a seaborne mineral to a key ingredient in many home and restaurant cooked recipes.
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42637
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Heath Trigg worked in residential construction and cabinetry in the Sandhills area of North Carolina before engaging in a specialty business making American flags out of whiskey barrels.
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42638
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Rebecca Story is owner of Story's Seafood Market and Grill in Hertford. A longtime local fisherman on the Albemarle Sound,, Story is assisted by husband Paul in running the restaurant and crabbing business. She plans on expansion with a supply store for the are's fishing community.
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42640
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The Multicolored Asian lady beetle was first introduced in Washington State in the 1920s to control aphids. After disappearing for a time, it reemerged and by 1992, made its way to North Carolina.
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42639
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HMT Bedfordshire was sunk by a German U-boat during World War II in the vicinity of Ocracoke Island.
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42661
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Author of two gardening books, Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh is known far and wide as the NC Tomato Man. A speaker for various shows and events, he offers tips on cultivating tomatoes in North Carolina.
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42657
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The Cedar Creek Gallery National Teapot Shoe began in 1989. The show is now held every three years.
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42658
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North Carolina has one of only two naturally occurring populations of Venus flytraps in the world according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Dale Suiter.
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40679
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A journey, destination Pembroke, yielded postcards trekking Walter Pinchbeck’s experiences in various towns from California to North Carolina. The collection of postcards, containing information related to his leadership of the first American Indian Boy Scout troop in America, is housed in the University of Pembroke’s Mary Livermore Library.
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Pinchbeck, Walter J., Sr., 1904-1977; University of North Carolina Pembroke ; University of North Carolina Pembroke--Mary Livermore Library--Walter Pinchbeck postcard collection ; Pembroke--History; University of North Carolina Pembroke--see also Pembroke State College ; Boy Scouts of America--American Indian troops--Walter Pinchbeck ; Lowery, Malinda Maynor--Lumbee history ; LUMBEE TATTLER--University of North Carolina Pembroke yearbooks--Walter Pinchbeck; Lumbee Indians--Robeson County; Postcards; University of North Carolina Pembroke--Mary Livermore Library--University Archives/Special Collections
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40658
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A Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership participant, Pamela Johnson learned, in another sense, how knowledge is power. From her visits, co-sponsored by North Carolina’s Electric Cooperative, she enlightened her math students about the production and delivery of electricity and career opportunities in the energy field.
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Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership; North Carolina Electric Cooperative; Education--academically gifted; Education--intellectually gifted; North Carolina State University--Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology, and Science ; Mathematics--Study and teaching; Energy industry--North Carolina
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40659
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Though focusing on the isolating impact of a recent hurricane on Ocracoke, the state's experience with Hurricane Dorian taught the author any area might become solitary in the midst of floodwaters. It also prompted her to pose the question to all North Carolina communities, townships, and neighborhoods: do you have a survival plan in place, in the event of weather-generated isolation from local, regional, and state resources?
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Hurricanes; Hurricanes--community disaster preparedness; Hurricane Dorian, 2019; Hurricanes--Ocracoke Island; Hyde County--Ocracoke; Hyde County--Tideland Electric Membership Corporation; Hurricane Floyd, 1999; Mudslides--Western North Carolina; Disaster response training--hurricanes ; Hurricane Dorian--impact--Ocracoke
13.Carrying on a Carolina Tradition by Perry, Wendy Carolina Country Vol. 51 Issue 11, November 2019
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40660
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Pork prepared by three generations of families in the crossroads community of Hopkins did more than feed them year-round. It fed a sense of community, along with knowledge about a tradition shared by many rural North Carolinians: hog killing.
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Unincorporated communities--North Carolina--Hopkins; Hog killing; Hog killing--traditions--North Carolina, Eastern ; North Carolina, Eastern--Social life and customs; North Carolina--foodways; North Carolina--Social life and customs; North Carolina--Social life and culture; Social customs and traditions--North Carolina--rural communities ; Family farms--North Carolina--Jackson Farms; Family farms--Zebulon--Jackson Farms; Hogs; Pork industry and trade
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40675
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What to see in a town touting legendary barbecue restaurants includes an annual air show at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
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Goldsboro--History; Wayne County--History; Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (Goldsboro); Seymour Johnson Air Force Base--Wings Over Wayne Air Show ; Air shows--Goldsboro; Wings Over Wayne Air Show--U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds; Goldsboro--Mountains-To-Sea Trail; Goldsboro--NC African-American Music Trail ; NC African-American Music Trail--see also African American Music Trails of North Carolina ; Barbecue cookery--Goldsboro; Wilber's Barbeque (Goldsboro); Grady's Barbecue (Dudley)
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40677
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Literary guidebooks co-created by the North Carolina Arts Council celebrate the selected writings and their authors, representatives of the state's multicultural spectrum. This article, Tour 12 of the “Literary Trails of North Carolina” series, profiles novels set in North Carolina towns and writers such as O. Henry.
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North Carolina Arts Council; LITERARY TRAILS OF NORTH CAROLINA (book); Eubanks, Georgann; Edgerton, Clyde, 1944-; Hart, John, 1965-; Maron, Margaret; Porter, William S.--see O. Henry; State Library of North Carolina ; Michener, Meredith Slane; Murrow, Edward R., 1908-1965; International Civil Rights Center and Museum (Greensboro)