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The North Carolina General Assembly passed the Speaker Ban Law in 1963. The legislation was an attempt to prevent communists from appearing on state-owned college and university property. A court decision struck the law down in 1968. A recent documentary film called Beyond the Wall, and a book, Communists on Campus: Race, Politics and the Public University in Sixties North Carolina, discusses the Speaker Ban controversy. Longley discusses the two and the genesis of the law. The role of Leo Jenkins, president of then East Carolina College (now ECU), in suggesting a law compromise which was acceptable to the legislature, is left out of both.
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Leutze discusses the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway from colonial times to the present. Unnamed in earlier times, the waters were simply a pathway used by colonists, sailors, fishermen, and commercial interests. An influential 1808 report, “Public Roads and Canals,†by Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury, called for a series of internal improvements to link states in the young nation together. In 1859, the first barge passed along the waterway. In 1913, Congress purchased land and began planning for a waterway from Norfolk, Virginia, to Beaufort, North Carolina. By 1936, the route was complete to the South Carolina line. Leutze concludes by describing towns and scenery along the route today.
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In part two of his series on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Leutze travels the northern section by car, making stops that include Elizabeth City, Coinjock, Engelhard, and Belhaven. He stresses the importance of the waterway for recreational and commercial use and points out the emergency created by a lack of federal funds to prevent the silting in of the inlets that give access to the sea.
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Since Reconstruction days, no Republican presidential candidate had carried a Southern state. President Theodore Roosevelt, one of the nation's most popular presidents, was invited to make an address in Raleigh on October 19, 1905. Roosevelt thought his personal popularity and the fact that his mother was from Georgia might help in future elections. Lawing recounts the events of Roosevelt's visit to Raleigh and Durham.
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Jannette Fishell is professor of organ and sacred music at East Carolina University. She was also instrumental in obtaining the Perkins and Wells Memorial Organ for St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Greenville. Built by Fisk, the organ, with 3,000 pipes, is one of the largest instruments of its kind on the East Coast.
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Neurology is a broad field that covers a variety of diseases, from Parkinson's to stroke and Alzheimer's. Annual costs for treatments run into billions of dollars nationwide. At the medical centers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, cutting-edge clinical research studies are being conducted. Vecchione discusses what the researchers are studying.
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On the advice of Native Americans, early North Carolina settlers planted muscadine grapes. People eat the meat of the grape but not the seeds and thick skin. Jerry Smith, CEO and owner of bottled-water LeBleu Corporation in Advance, North Carolina, felt the seeds contained medicinal properties. Smith hired a scientist at the University of Georgia to study the muscadine seeds. The scientist discovered that the seeds contain an inordinate amount of antioxidants, the compounds that protect the body from free radicals that are blamed for all sorts of health problems. Smith processes the seeds into capsules that his company sells.
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The golf course at the Raleigh Country Club was the last course designed by the legendary Donald Ross and was the one he was working on at the time of his death in 1948. In August 2003, John McConnell, a local entrepreneur, rescued the bankrupt club from a local group of developers who had begun planning development other than golf. He bought out the developers and brought in architect Richard Mandel who specializes in Ross restorations. McConnell says the course will be one that tests golfers every day, and not one that offers cooking classes, wine tastings, and dinner dances.
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Incorporated in 1873, Apex was one of the first towns to develop around Raleigh. Because it was the highest point on the Chatham Railroad between Richmond, Virginia, and Jacksonville, Florida, it took the name of Apex. The town has grown from 5,000 residents in 1990 to 30,000 today, with the numbers expected to double in the next decade. Lea discusses the progress of Apex as it changes from a sleepy stop into one of the dynamic centers in the Research Triangle Metropolitan Region.
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Leutze reports on the inaugural East Coast Waterways and Beach Symposium held at Emerald Isle in July 2005. Discussions were held on the most important developments along the coast and included dredging, beach nourishment, infrastructure needs, and the federal government's attitude toward coastal services.
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Factories that were the backbone of the tobacco industry in Durham closed in 1987. For almost two decades, the sixteen-acre property with nine buildings and over one million square feet of space declined into dilapidated warehouses with sagging roofs and broken windows. The buildings represent some of Durham's finest architecture. The Capitol Broadcasting Company and its chief executive officer, Jim Goodmon, have begun a $200 million project, which is the largest historical renovation in the history of North Carolina. Lea discusses the history and architecture of the area and the restoration project.
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METRO magazine presents its yearly selection of North Carolinians who have made a contribution to the quality of people's lives in 2005. These include Bland Simpson, Ann Denlinger, Donald Rosenblitt, Henry Hugh Shelton, Chris Browning, and Gerhard Weinberg.
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Dorothea Dix Hospital, which stands on a high hill overlooking the city of Raleigh, was the state's first hospital to treat mental illness. The North Carolina General Assembly approved appropriations for the hospital on December 23, 1848. Lea recounts the history of the institution from its opening to its closing. Today much of the land has been deeded away by the State of North Carolina, but a core section, dotted with dozens of interesting and historical buildings, remains. This core section is up for grabs, and the legislature is reviewing proposals of what to do with it. One promising proposal would designate Dix Hill as a Park District.
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On November 3, 1979, the Communist Workers Party held a “Death to the Klan†rally in Greensboro. A clash with the Ku Klux Klan resulted, leaving five CWP members shot dead in the streets and several wounded. Several Klansmen and Nazi party members were charged with murder, but were acquitted in both state and federal courts. Recently activist groups in Greensboro set up a Truth and Reconciliation tribunal to revisit the event and issue a report in April 2006.
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Plans are underway to develop a mega seaport just above Southport. The port will be four times as large as Wilmington and rival Charleston, South Carolina, and Norfolk, Virginia. The new port will handle two million containers a year and have space for four ships to dock at a four-thousand-foot structure. The North Carolina Ports Authority is negotiating for 600 acres of land to start the project, but the acreage is only the beginning. Land will be needed for roads, railroads, and storage facilities to support the port. On the downside is what might occur to the fragile eco-structure of the area. Although the port is years away, Leutze argues for taking a hard look at planning instead of taking the approach of “Let's build it and see what happens.â€
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