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"Public Order is Even More Important than the Rights of Negroes:" Race and Recreation in Charlotte, North Carolina, 1927-1973
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Author
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Ervin, Michael
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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History, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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In July 1960, Charlotte’s Park and Recreation Commission enacted an official policy of desegregation in the city’s parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, and recreation centers. This development, which resulted in the first integrated municipal swimm...
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Response of Foraminifera to a Reverse Osmosis Briny Discharge
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Author
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Small, Richard
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Environmental sciences, Planetary science, Human ecology--Study and teaching
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Description
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Reverse osmosis water treatment plants are becoming the preferred means of generating potable water for many eastern North Carolina communities. At these facilities, reject brine solutions—sometimes containing up to 10 times the initial concentrat...
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“Live by the Spirit:” Institutional Discipline for Crimes Against Order and Morals, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1767 - 1839
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Author
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Carpenter, Layne
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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History--Religious aspects, Law, History
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Description
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Mecklenburg County, North Carolina was located in the Carolina backcountry—an area frequently viewed as immoral, disorganized, and barbaric by contemporaries. However, this study demonstrates that institutions of authority—both legal and ecclesias...
