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1479
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Hate crimes and white-supremacist organizations are on the rise in North Carolina. According to a February report by the Southern Poverty Law Center, North Carolina has six Klan chapters, three neo-Nazi groups, and two other white-supremacist groups.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 12, Mar 1994,
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1499
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Twenty years after the successful fight to establish a labor union at J.P. Stevens' textile plants in Roanoke Rapids, veterans of that struggle and others are using their organizational ability and biracial strategy to continue the movement for change
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 13, Mar 1994,
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1510
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Greensboro-based Cone Mills Corp. and members of Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) reached agreement on company funding of, and employee access to, the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Cone Mills created in 1984.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 14, Apr 1994,
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1511
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Schewel offers four suggestions for expediting the integration of Durham's city and county schools and argues that delays must end.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 15, Apr 1994,
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1512
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State Representative Richard Moore is a democrat running for the Second Congressional District seat being vacated by Tim Valentine. Moore is drawing support from across the political spectrum.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 15, Apr 1994,
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1513
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Burtman surveys Duke Forest's past, present, and future, describing current uses for research and recreation and the pressures of nearby development activity.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 15, Apr 1994,
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1579
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The Shuping sisters, three vibrant Greensboro natives, have taken Durham by storm in their respective careers: a gallery owner, an administrator for Durham public schools, and an investor for Duke Management Co.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 19, May 1994,
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1580
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This special advertising section lists businesswomen in the Triangle area (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill-Research Triangle Park) and provides brief introductions/descriptions of each business.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 19, May 1994,
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1581
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The new and growing activism in art is reflected in two recent projects in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area: Community Arts Revival, produced by ROOTS (Regional Organization of Theaters South) and a residency of LAPD (Los Angeles Poverty Department).
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 19, May 1994,
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1582
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The author gives insight into Doris Betts by comparing her to Flannery O'Connor, and critiques Betts' latest novel, \"Souls Raised from the Dead.\"
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 18, May 1994,
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11.Sewage, Roaches and Videotape by Shesgreen, Deirdre Independent Weekly Vol. 12 Issue 21, May 1994
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1591
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The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Resident's Council, a group of public housing tenants, videotaped living conditions in several public housing apartments in order to draw attention to the dismal and shocking conditions.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 21, May 1994,
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1592
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The latest works of four North Carolina writers, Lawrence Naumoff, Reynolds Price, Robert Morgan, and Margaret Maron, are reviewed by Independent staffers.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 21, May 1994,
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1593
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The North Carolina Republican Party sponsored an off-year \"Special Issues Convention\" on May 20-21 in Research Triangle Park. The event brought together Republican officials, candidates, and faithful to discuss crime, education and health care issues.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 22, June 1994,
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1594
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The 1994 American Dance Festival is concluding its sixtieth anniversary celebration in Durham, and American choreographers are taking center stage.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 22, June 1994,
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1595
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James Jordan, Michael Jordan's father, was murdered in July, 1993. Robeson County Sheriff Hubert Stone conducted a hasty investigation and arrested two men, one black and one Lumbee Indian, for the murder. The murky circumstances hint at a cover-up.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 23, June 1994,
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