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for "Tar Heel Junior Historian"
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36501
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The author wrote a tender essay about a child’s view of being a witness to the Greensboro Sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter.
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36503
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The author discusses the former practice where white people in towns got to vote for members of their city school system and also got to vote for the members of the county school system. That vote diluted the vote from the county citizens; which led to white men from towns running the county schools.
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36506
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The author talks about her early life in Murfreesboro, NC, joining VISTA and the work she did in the community amidst racial tension.
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36507
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The author shares her journey of being a vocal music teacher at John W. Ligon High School in Raleigh, NC, creating different music classes, doing music drama, and creating the Ligon Jubilee Singers. She remembers the violence after the shooting of Dr. Martin Luther King, gives her early work in the Civil Rights movement and shares the music she composed after the death of Dr. King.
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36510
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The author remembers the KKK coming to Maxton, NC in 1958 and how the Indians broke up the rally.
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36511
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The author talks about the motivations of the four black men who performed the sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, NC and growing non-violent movement for justice and civil rights that came after.
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36512
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At the death of Golden A. Frinks, the author honors the legacy of his civil rights community work in eastern North Carolina. A poignant speech Mr. Frinks gave in the 1970’s is given touching the many turbulent and tragic incidents from the Civil Rights movement.
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36515
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The author talks about the ethnic problems of Robeson County, NC and the formation of the Center for Community Action in 1980. They brought everyone together, identified the major social –change needs and worked for years to make Robeson County a better place.
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36517
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The author gives a memory filled overview of the favorite foods in North Carolina from the past and the ever changing availability of other ethnic foods and new favorites as our palates change.
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36519
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This gives a quick look at favorite food and food companies found in North Carolina such as Pepsi, Hardee’s, Texas Pete, Food Lion, Mount Olive Pickle Company, Livermush, Sweet Potatoes, etc.
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36520
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The author gives the history of such foods as corn, popcorn, peanuts, potatoes, molasses, pigeons, ketchup, opossum, mustard greens and chocolate. She talks about how our North Carolina ancestors ate seasonal food.
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36521
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The author using journals of the Moravian settlers from the 1700s, gives what kinds of food they grew and ate.
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36522
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The authors talks about archaeologists finding evidence of what kinds of food that Indians had.
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36523
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The author talks about President George Washington in 1791 on his Southern Tour stopping at Col. John Allen’s plantation in Craven County, NC and having breakfast and being at a public dinner in New Bern, NC.
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36524
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The author describes the large amount of preparation to took long ago to cook food.
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