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Charlotte's Airport Enters The Jet Age: Charlotte Douglas, 1954-1983
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Author
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Ross, Lucas
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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History
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Description
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ABSTRACTLUCAS CHARLES ROSS. Charlotte’s airport enters the jet age:Charlotte Douglas, 1954-1983. (Under the direction of DR. MARK WILSON) The history of airports is a neglected topic despite the incredible economic and social changes the world has...
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From Tee to Green: Municipal Planning, Golf, and Mountain Progress
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Author
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Dixon, Kenneth
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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History, African Americans--Study and teaching
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Description
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On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board ruled the "separate but equal" doctrine, set in place by the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case in 1896, to be unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment’s "Equal Pro...
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Separate and Unequl: Segregation in North Carolina's Asylum System 1856-1905
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Author
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Westpfahl, Jocelyn
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Mental health, History, African Americans--Study and teaching
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Description
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During its 1874-1875 session, the North Carolina General Assembly founded twonew public asylums to address overcrowding in its only mental health care facility inRaleigh (Dorothea Dix Hospital). The first, in Morganton (Broughton Hospital), wasint...
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The City of KIngs Mountain: The Historical City with a Misplaced Identity
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Author
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Barnett, Melissa
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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History
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Description
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Fought on October 7th, 1780, on a ridgetop in the backcountry of South Carolina, the battle of Kings Mountain turned the tide of the Revolutionary War. A century later, the City of Kings Mountain was founded along the Charlotte-Atlanta Railroad, n...
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Wilmington Student Stories: Violence and Desegregation in the US South, 1968-1971
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Author
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Johnson, Sydney
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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History
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Description
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From the end of January into the beginning of February 1971, Black students led a boycott of New Hanover and Hoggard High Schools in Wilmington, North Carolina. These events resulted in the conviction and imprisonment of ten individuals who became...