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A commission assembled to research the events surrounding the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot finished a five-hundred-page report. The report details motives for inciting the riots and disastrous effects for Wilmington's African American population during and after the riots. Additionally, the committee recommended financial restitution for victims of the race riot and further education of the events through local and regional museum exhibits.
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15857
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George Moses Horton published a volume of poetry in 1829, an great accomplishment for a slave in the early 19th-century. Entitled \"The Hope of Liberty,\" Horton argued that African Americans given the same freedoms and liberties would thrive and achieve equally great things as their non-enslaved contemporaries. A historical marker at the intersection of US 15-501 and Mt. Gilead Church was dedicated in his memory with Horton's ancestors in attendance.
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15858
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Spanish documents describing the English colony of Roanoke supplement existing English records and offer a more diverse, \"international perspective\" on these early European settlements in America. The documents first appear in David Beers Quinn in The Roanoke Voyages, 1584-1590 but the author questions the accuracy of this translation and others in the literature.
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15859
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Charles R. McNeill established the North Carolina Maritime Museum in 1975. The museum's humble beginnings started in a row of store fronts known then as the Hampton Marine Museum. In this manifestation, the museum remained in Beaufort storefronts until 1984 when the state's General Assembly bestowed a new title, the North Carolina Maritime Museum, and plans were drawn up for the current museum building.
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15863
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The North Carolina Literary and Historical Association (NCLHA) was established in 1900 to connect North Carolinians with their literature and history. At the 1936 annual meeting of NCLHA, Thomas Wolfe, arguably one of North Carolina's most famous writers, was slated to be the keynote speaker. Wolfe failed to deliver this speech, though unfortunate, still generated a great deal of attention for the meeting and NCLHA regardless of his attendance.
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15864
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Use of informal, sometimes grammatically incorrect language, to write her book Mama Learned Us to Work: Farm Women in the New South, Dr. Lu Ann Jones conjures up a gritty account of real women in early20th-century North Carolina. Using of oral history, Dr. Jones explores the variety of work and various roles women filled during this period.
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15865
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt created the National Archives and appointed R. D. W. Connor head archivist; leaving behind his appointment as a history professor at University of North Carolina. Connor's archival skills also landed him the position of organizing President Roosevelt's personal correspondence, which the president had collected since his senatorial seat in 1910, into what would become the Presidential Library.
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15909
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The North Carolina Museum of History hosted the Smithsonian's traveling exhibit 'Portraits of the Presidents from the National Portrait Gallery.' This exhibit marked the first time Smithsonian's most famous portrait collection traveled the country. Museum officials anticipated an enthusiastic turn-out for the sixty-one paintings, sculpture, and various renditions of America's presidential past.
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Fort Fisher Restoration Committee provided the necessary funds and energy to update Fort Fisher Historic Site, North Carolina's most visited site. June 1, 2002, new exhibits were dedicated which highlights the battle for Fort Fisher, one of the Civil War's final engagements between North and South. One exemplary piece, included installation of an interactive map through which visitors could track progress of battle.
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Julius Rosenwald, turn of the century president of Sears, Roebuck and Company, promoted education amongst underprivileged African American students throughout the rural South. From 1910-1932, his efforts led to establishing \"more than 5,300 schools from Maryland to Texas.\" North Carolina's Historic Preservation Office coordinated with the North Carolina Rosenwald Schools Community Project to locate and preserve those institutions within the state. Eight hundred plus schools were built in North Carolina with fourteen nominated to National Register and twenty-two more identified and awaiting nomination.
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15912
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Awarding the Mayflower Cup marked an important annual honor of best publication by a state resident. Beginning in 1931, awards were announced at annual meetings of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association and initially were awarded to either best fiction or non-fiction before creation of the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for fiction (1952).
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15913
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In 2000, the Department of Public Instruction proposed cutting required classes in state history to eighth graders. State history was integrated into the curricula in the 1940s and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources in conjunction with the Division of Archives and History was placed in charge of defeating measures such as that posed in 2000.
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15919
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The year 2000 marked the 200th anniversary of James Iredell's death. Some historians argue Iredell was the most prominent man in the state and a nationally respected gentleman during the 18th-century. However, the article focuses on his personal qualities which made him a grand man to friends and family.
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15920
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State and National citizens mourned the death of Justice James Iredell on October 20, 1799. In August the ill Iredell returned to his Edenton home. No contemporary accounts of his funereal exist but it is believed events were typical of eastern North Carolina with burial within a family cemetery, funeral oration Sunday following burial, and an extravagant funeral feast.
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15921
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The first printing press arrived in 1749 with James Davis, public printer. Following the American Revolution, a singular printer would increase to at least twenty-two and extend printing technology throughout the state. Printing meant distribution of newspapers and the state's first was North Carolina Gazette first printed in 1751 by Davis.
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