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African Americans found musical and expressive freedom following the Civil War when they began to build their own churches. Hymnals merged with traditional African songs and created a strong new genre of spiritual expression. Some of the state's most prominent black musicians included Shirley Caesar, The Bright Moon Quartet, and the Golden Echoes.
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Throughout the mountains of Western North Carolina, craftsmanship collided with folk music to create a unique sound. At the oldest folk festival, started by Bascom Lamar Lunsford in 1928, one can hear the styling's of these artist whose folksongs not only provide entertainment but carry on traditional stories. Examples of the state's most famous folk artist are Marilyn McMinn McCredie of Asheville and Jim Trantham of Canton.
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16151
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Like folk music from the mountains, coastal music tradition preserves the history and culture of those living in the area. Fishermen and sailors preserved tales of adventure in music and some of the favored themes about adventure on the water, whether the ocean, inlets, rivers, or creeks along the eastern shore.
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During World War II, the state was home to more servicemen than any other state because due in part to the large bases within North Carolina. Taxes helped with expenses but citizens were encouraged to buy War Bonds to finance the effort. Bond sellers encouraged residents to purchase these bonds with enticements of seeing a captured Japanese Submarine in Wake County or by having a war plane named for their county (Rutherford).
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16153
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Torpedo junction referred to the state's Atlantic coastline. Before Germany declared war on the United States, Germany's U-boats were successfully sinking commercial vessels for a six month period before the country could retaliate. From December 1941 to April 1942, U-boats operated with tragic precision, torpedoed an estimated 87 ships off the state's coast.
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Out of approximately 370,000 German POWs on U.S. soil, the state held 10,000 in eighteen camps. These camps were simply tents surrounded by barbed-wire fencing and watchtowers and were located in Pender, Onslow, Richmond, Scotland, Union, and New Hanover Counties.
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Military branches still racially segregated troops during World War II but the Navy decided to break with traditional roles for black seamen when it formed the B-1 Band. The state's best black musicians comprised this musical troop which would be the first time black seamen served in any other naval position outside of the galleys.
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16157
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Women were banned from the military until President Roosevelt approved the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps bill on May 15, 1942. Westray Battle Boyce, an enlistee from Rocky Mount, became the corps First Office Candidate Class at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. She served her country in Africa and tirelessly promoted the role of women in the armed forces.
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Governor William Woods Holden represented the head of a new political movement in the state following the Civil War, the Republican Party. During this point in history, republicans were concerned with protecting newly freed African-American liberties. Holden would be removed from office by a Democratic impeachment after he took action against members of the Klan.
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16159
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According to state law, children eleven years old and younger could technically be considered eligible for employment. Presented here is a history of legislative movements to remove children from dangerous factory work and the clash between state rights and the constitution.
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Known as the 'Graveyard of the Atlantic', the state's Outer Banks hindered settlement and caused the loss of hundreds of ships throughout history. Inaccessible waterways deterred growth during the colonial period and slowed growth of shipping during the 19th- and early 20th-century. Recently, the Outer Banks have transformed from deterrent to economic boom, generating revenue from vacationers seeking beaches and fishing.
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16179
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Cape Fear River connected communities in eastern Carolina's coastal plain. Transportation transformed from sail and rowboats to steamboats in the 19th-century. River traffic again evolved in the early 19th-century when motorized boat traffic replaced steamboats. Regardless of propulsion, river traffic promoted growth of two of the river's largest cities, Fayetteville and Wilmington.
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16180
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Historically, defending the coast proved problematic for coastal Carolina. Early Spanish raids on coastal cities of Beaufort and Wilmington prompted the earliest fort construction in the 18th-century. A series of forts, especially focused on the southeast coast, had varying degrees of success protecting these cities from the American Revolution to the World Wars.
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The state's history of boatbuilding began with native population shaping log boats to a modern industry of shipbuilding for the commercial fishing industry. Log boats would develop into a tradition of sailing fishing craft called sharpies and finally a motorized shad boat.
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The state's fisheries remain an integral part of eastern North Carolina's history and culture. Whether for commercial or subsistence purposes, fishermen have been active from prehistoric eras to modern dredging and trawling operations. Numerous species of fish and shellfish also contributed to the importance of fishing off the coast.
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