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41286
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The Roosevelt dime bears initials visible when magnified. Interviews with Selma Burke also provided a kind of magnification for this coin: its true story. Her sculpture of Roosevelt was the model for the image of the president presented. Happening long before the Civil Rights movement, Roosevelt’s selection of Burke is prescient. Even if a unanimous acknowledgment of Burke as the creator does not happen, she is an inspiration for African Americans.
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Burke, Selma, 1900-1995; Artists--Mooresville; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Nonprofit organizations--The March of Dimes; Mooresville--Description and travel; Mooresville--history; African American nurses--North Carolina--Selma Burke ; Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor, 1884-1962; Roosevelt dime--John Sinnock ; Coins
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41284
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It was a dynamic decade, due to social and cultural forces encouraging progress and protest. The author observed that progress and protest were particularly manifest in higher education, government, sports, and entertainment.
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Civil rights movement; Community colleges--North Carolina--history ; Charlotte Motor Speedway; Woolworth's 1960 sit in--University of North Carolina Greensboro; Klu Klux Klan--North Carolina ; North Carolina Arts Council; Folk music; Scott, William Kerr, 1896-1958; Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974; Cape Lookout National Seashore
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41285
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The family trees the author speaks do not bear the names of ancestors. Found on family lands, though, homestead trees can testify to the presence of generations past.
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41318
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Mountain or coast scape, urban or rural setting, landmark present or prospective, this gallery of paintings selected by the Our State staff can appeal to the heart as well as the intellect.
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41322
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A group of physicians purchased a building whose architectural history makes it a landmark. From features such as the reconstructed hardwood floors, their restaurant still reflects Mount Pleasant Mercantile General Store’s community spirit.
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Mount Pleasant--Description and travel; Mercantile General Store--see also Mt. Pleasant Hosiery Mill; Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society and Museum ; Historic buildings; Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration; Community landmarks; Rural health services; Architecture--20th century--small towns--Marble; Downtown revitalization--North Carolina
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41326
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Once housing Highland Park Gingham Mills, Optimist Hall continues to convey a landmark-level spirit as a restaurant. The Dumpling Lady’s renovated interior and exterior reflects its mill past, as well as a future for this urban renewal trend.
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41327
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Blizzards in early 1960 left a part of North Carolina more than drifts up to ten feet. Fortunately, communities across the state moved to help were a boon to mountain towns immobilized by the weather winter anomaly.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 87 Issue 9, February 2020,
p132-134, 136, 138-139
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40412
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This pictorial essay explains Ocracoke’s enduring mystique in images of historical sites like Ocracoke Island Lighthouse and contemporary tourist attractions like Crews Inn Bed and Breakfast.
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Ocracoke Island--History; Ocracoke Island--Description and travel; Cape Hatteras National Seashore; Ocracoke Island--Social life and customs; Ferries--North Carolina ; Banker ponies--Outer Banks ; Ocracoke Lighthouse; Hatteras Island British Cemetery--Buxton Woods Maritime Forest--Outer Banks ; HMT BEDFORDSHIRE--British Fishing Trawlers--World War II; Springer's Point--Blackbeard; Springer's Point Nature Preserve; Environmental actions groups--North Carolina--Coastal Land Trust; Ocracoke Island--families--William Howard; Ocracoke Island--families--Alton Ballance ; OCRACOKERS (book) ; Ballance, Alton--authors--North Carolina, Eastern
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40414
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An area near Swansboro known as the Hammocks, as much as S.R. Simmons Camp, helped shape the character of generations of rural, black high school students. Recollections such as former camper and camp director Willie Randolph attest the enduring impact of what’s also described as a beach resort and community retreat.
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S.B. Simmons Camp--Hammocks Beach--Swansboro; New Farmers of America--organization--black farmers ; Hammocks Beach State Park; North Carolina Teachers Association--teachers--African American ; North Carolina Teachers Association--teachers--Black Americans ; The Hammocks--Gertrude Hurst; Sharpe, William (Bill) Pleasants, 1903-1970; Bear Island State Park--African Americans; Bear Island State Park--Black Americans
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40416
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Two decades before Rachel Carson became a pioneer for the environmentalist movement, she laid the foundation for marine biologists through her work at a trio of islands south of Beaufort. In addition to the landmark Silent Spring is the perhaps lesser known first book, Under the Sea Wind, inspired by her experiences at Carrot, Town Marsh, and Bird Shoal.
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Cape Lookout Lighthouse’s original keepers helped preserve sailors and their vessels. Modern day Keeper’s Quarters docents help preserve an important piece of Carteret County history alive.
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Cape Lookout Lighthouse--History; Cape Lookout Lighthouse; Cape Lookout National Seashore ; Shackleford Banks--Wild Ponies; Carteret County--Social life and customs; Cape Lookout Lighthouse--Keepers Quarters--docents; Harkers Island; Davis--town--Carteret County; Atlantic--town--Carteret County; Volunteers-In-Parks Program--Cape Lookout ; Diamond City--History; Cape Lookout Coast Guard Station
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40417
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McCorkle’s return to Holden Beach suggested much has changed in the fifty year old island town. In recalling landmarks such as the Surfside Pavilion, a rustic swing bridge, and VanWerry Grocery Store, she proved the town is also the same: in memory.
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Holden Beach (Brunswick County); McCorkle, Jill, 1958-; Authors, North Carolina; Authors, North Carolina--Women; Writers, North Carolina; Writers--North Carolina, Eastern; Long Beach--Civil War--shipwrecks; Hurricane Hazel, 1954; Oak Island; Oak Island--families--Luther Holden ; Holden Beach--families--Luther Holden
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40411
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The author illustrates the impact that North Carolina islands such as Pea, Portsmouth, Bear, and Bird have made in the lives and folkways of locals and tourists of this state.
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North Carolina--Outer Banks--Islands ; Bodie Island--Islands--North Carolina ; Pea Island; Hatteras Island; Ocracoke Island--History; Portsmouth Island--Description and travel; Core Banks; Bogue Banks--History; Bear Island--History; Bald Head Island; Oak Island; Ocean Isle Beach--History; Bird Island (Brunswick County); Ferries--North Carolina ; Topsail Inlet--History; Roanoke Island; Lockwood's Folly (Brunswick County); Holden Beach (Brunswick County)
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40415
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A day in the life account reveals how native commercial fishermen help to incrementally increase the amount of local seafood sold in restaurants across North Carolina and keep the "sea to table" food trend viable.
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40418
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The nationally recognized Civil Rights Movement was represented locally by events such as the 1957 sit-in at Durham’s Royal Ice Cream Company, led by the Rev. Douglas Moore, and the 1960 Woolworth sit-in led by a quartet of AT&T students. Protests such as these planted seeds of justice that, decades later, is bearing fruit for both blacks and whites.
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Woolworth's 1960 sit in; Civil Rights Movement--sit ins--Royal Ice Cream Company (Durham); Civil Rights Movement--Marie Everett--Carolina Theatre (Wilson); Civil Rights Movement--Floyd McKissick--University of North Carolina School of Law; Umstead, William B., 1895-1954; Pearsall, Thomas J., 1903-1981; Santford Martin--editor--WINSTON SALEM JOURNAL ; Civil Rights Movement--Rev. Douglas Moore--Royal Ice Cream Company (Durham); Civil Rights Movement--Robert Patterson--Woolworth's (Greensboro); Woolworth's 1960 sit in--University of North Carolina Greensboro