...This chapter examines the ancestry of Maud Faulkner. It explains the Maud's Oldham-Allen ancestors either arrived on the Mayflower or could trace their lineage to the Swiss baron de Graffenried, founder of Bern and scion of North Carolina royalty. It also considers the story...

... Territory and western North Carolina. It also explores how the intersection of the past and present, the significance of travel and migration, and shifting perceptions of “home,” “blood,” and the value placed on memory and historical narration all helped define Cherokee identity. Finally, it discusses...

...The Eastern Hemlock, massive and majestic, has played a unique role in structuring northeastern forest environments, from Nova Scotia to Wisconsin and through the Appalachian Mountains to North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. A “foundation species” influencing all the species in the ecosystem...

... the King statue at Rocky Mount, North Carolina and the memorial in Washington, DC, suggesting that both structures reflect white supremacy that continues to haunt the South's memorial landscape. Arrington Richard Jr Benjamin Walter Katapodis John King Martin Luther Jr Martin Luther King Jr Roppa...

... is the Oak Grove Freedman's Cemetery Memorial in North Carolina, where African Americans were buried in a separate section. This chapter also highlights the complex and sometimes elusive connection between civil rights monuments and the civil rights movement. It views the monuments as memorials to a second...

...This chapter discusses the opening of southern Virginia Piedmont and the adjoining reaches of North Carolina to Euro-American settlement, and how tobacco shaped these districts from their earliest days. Over the course of the century, planters, farmers, and slaves built a rural landscape which...

...This chapter considers developments in the effort to solve America's child care problem. It shows that the most significant progress has evolved at the state level. It discusses how three states—North Carolina, Arkansas, and Ohio—developed innovative models of child care policy. Buck Pearl S Child...