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"And the North Carolina MORONS LIVED | HAPPILY EVER AFTER": The Human Betterment League of North Carolina, 1947-1988
Title
"And the North Carolina MORONS LIVED | HAPPILY EVER AFTER": The Human Betterment League of North Carolina, 1947-1988
Author
Wilds, Sarah
Date Created
2019
Description
Following World War II, eugenics became associated with Nazis abuses, leading many States to end their eugenics programs. North Carolina was a rare exception to this trend. Between 1929 and 1974, North Carolina sterilized over 7,600 people, the ma...
"And the North Carolina MORONS LIVED | HAPPILY EVER AFTER": The Human Betterment League of North Carolina, 1947-1988
Title
"And the North Carolina MORONS LIVED | HAPPILY EVER AFTER": The Human Betterment League of North Carolina, 1947-1988
Author
Wilds, Sarah
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
History, Area studies
Description
Following World War II, eugenics became associated with Nazis abuses, leading many States to end their eugenics programs. North Carolina was a rare exception to this trend. Between 1929 and 1974, North Carolina sterilized over 7,600 people, the ma...
"Arms an Employment": Motivations for Enlisting in the 18th Century British Army
Title
"Arms an Employment": Motivations for Enlisting in the 18th Century British Army
Author
Kane, Nicholas
Date Created
2019
Description
NICHOLAS KANE. "Arms an Employment": Motivations for Enlistment in the 18th Century British Army. (Under the direction of Drs. DAVID JOHNSON and JOHN SMAIL) In the eighteenth century, the British military boomed in size with the various wars that ...
"Arms an Employment": Motivations for Enlisting in the 18th Century British Army
Title
"Arms an Employment": Motivations for Enlisting in the 18th Century British Army
Author
Kane, Nicholas
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Military history
Description
NICHOLAS KANE. "Arms an Employment": Motivations for Enlistment in the 18th Century British Army. (Under the direction of Drs. DAVID JOHNSON and JOHN SMAIL) In the eighteenth century, the British military boomed in size with the various wars that ...
"Because We're Unique": The Literate Lives of Black Adolescent Females
Title
"Because We're Unique": The Literate Lives of Black Adolescent Females
Author
Strong, Kellan
Date Created
2019
Description
This qualitative study explores the literacy and language practices of Black adolescent girls as they read and make meaning of a critical text. The focus of this inquiry was to broadly examine how societal and situational factors influence the way...
"Because We're Unique": The Literate Lives of Black Adolescent Females
Title
"Because We're Unique": The Literate Lives of Black Adolescent Females
Author
Strong, Kellan
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Education, Reading, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description
This qualitative study explores the literacy and language practices of Black adolescent girls as they read and make meaning of a critical text. The focus of this inquiry was to broadly examine how societal and situational factors influence the way...
"Chatty" Hattie Leeper oral history interview 1, 2006 December 11
Title
"Chatty" Hattie Leeper oral history interview 1, 2006 December 11
Creator
Leeper, Hattie, 1930-
Date Created
2006-12-11
Subjects--Topical
African American neighborhoods, African American families, Segregation, Segregation in education, Race relations, Corporal punishment of children, Disc jockeys, Popular music radio stations, African American radio stations
Description
In the first of three interviews, radio DJ "Chatty" Hattie Leeper discusses her early life in the Third Ward and Brookhill neighborhoods in Charlotte, North Carolina. She describes her family and neighborhood, and her experiences attending the seg...
"Chatty" Hattie Leeper oral history interview 2, 2006 December 12
Title
"Chatty" Hattie Leeper oral history interview 2, 2006 December 12
Creator
Leeper, Hattie, 1930-
Date Created
2006-12-12
Subjects--Topical
Disc jockeys, Popular music radio stations, African American radio stations, Radio broadcasting, Radio broadcasters, Radio audiences, Radio broadcasting--Social aspects, Radio advertising
Description
In the second of three interviews, "Chatty" Hattie Leeper discusses her career with AM radio station WGIV in Charlotte, North Carolina as a DJ during the 1940s-1960s. Mrs. Leeper describes the mix of music and talk played at the station, the types...
"Chatty" Hattie Leeper oral history interview 3, 2007 January 19
Title
"Chatty" Hattie Leeper oral history interview 3, 2007 January 19
Creator
Leeper, Hattie, 1930-
Date Created
2007-01-19
Subjects--Topical
Disc jockeys, Popular music radio stations, African American radio stations, Radio broadcasting, Radio broadcasters, Radio audiences, Radio broadcasting--Social aspects, Race relations, Social integration, Musical groups, Voluntarism
Description
In the last of three interviews with Christina Wright, radio DJ "Chatty" Hattie Leeper discusses her career in radio and other professional pursuits in Charlotte, North Carolina, from the 1950s through the time of interview. She shares stories abo...
"Downright Roguish Practices of Ignorant and Unworthy Men": The North Carolina Regulator Rebellion, 1768-1771
Title
"Downright Roguish Practices of Ignorant and Unworthy Men": The North Carolina Regulator Rebellion, 1768-1771
Author
Croot, Mitchell
Date Created
2019
Description
From 1768 to 1771 in North Carolina, backcountry farmers in Orange, Rowan, and Anson Counties stood defiant against their local officials and the colonial government. Calling themselves Regulators for their desire to regulate the government’s auth...
"Downright Roguish Practices of Ignorant and Unworthy Men": The North Carolina Regulator Rebellion, 1768-1771
Title
"Downright Roguish Practices of Ignorant and Unworthy Men": The North Carolina Regulator Rebellion, 1768-1771
Author
Croot, Mitchell
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
From 1768 to 1771 in North Carolina, backcountry farmers in Orange, Rowan, and Anson Counties stood defiant against their local officials and the colonial government. Calling themselves Regulators for their desire to regulate the government’s auth...
"Everyone Wants Their Bifröst": Analyzing Heathen Practice and Radicalization Risks for the U.S. Military
Title
"Everyone Wants Their Bifröst": Analyzing Heathen Practice and Radicalization Risks for the U.S. Military
Author
Konzen, Riley
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Criminology, Military art and science, Religion
Description
The Capitol riot of January 6, 2021 functioned as a national watershed moment, generatingfar-reaching aftershocks across American society. While hypotheses abound proposing various catalysts, it has spurred a robust conversation regarding domestic...
"I Received an Inward Showing of Truth"
Title
"I Received an Inward Showing of Truth"
Author
Mesibov, Sally
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
History--Religious aspects, Religion, Literature, Medieval
Description
SALLY JO MESIBOV. "I Received an Inward Showing of Truth." (Under the direction of DR. WILLIAM SHERMAN) This paper analyzes the changes in language between two texts, written by Julian of Norwich, that reportedly describe the same religious vision...
"I can, but I can't": Kindergarten teacher perceptions of self-efficacy and agency in their use of formative assessment in the current high-stakes accountability climate
Title
"I can, but I can't": Kindergarten teacher perceptions of self-efficacy and agency in their use of formative assessment in the current high-stakes accountability climate
Author
Ferrara, Angela
Date Created
2020
Description
Early childhood formative assessment (FA) is a process by which teachers gather data about their students’ knowledge and skills across the five domains of early childhood development in order to scaffold and support their students’ unique learning...
"I can, but I can't": Kindergarten teacher perceptions of self-efficacy and agency in their use of formative assessment in the current high-stakes accountability climate
Title
"I can, but I can't": Kindergarten teacher perceptions of self-efficacy and agency in their use of formative assessment in the current high-stakes accountability climate
Author
Ferrara, Angela
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Early childhood education, Education and state, Ethnology
Description
Early childhood formative assessment (FA) is a process by which teachers gather data about their students’ knowledge and skills across the five domains of early childhood development in order to scaffold and support their students’ unique learning...
"I was shot in the left arm by a friend": Transgression and the possibility of communication
Title
"I was shot in the left arm by a friend": Transgression and the possibility of communication
Author
Humphries, Matthew
Date Created
2014
Description
For my paper I will look at contemporary communities built on violence, looking specifically at how the philosophy of Georges Bataille may allow for these groups to be interpreted in the context of sacrifice. Though I will look at some issues rela...
"I was shot in the left arm by a friend": Transgression and the possibility of communication
Title
"I was shot in the left arm by a friend": Transgression and the possibility of communication
Author
Humphries, Matthew
Date Created
2014
Description
For my paper I will look at contemporary communities built on violence, looking specifically at how the philosophy of Georges Bataille may allow for these groups to be interpreted in the context of sacrifice. Though I will look at some issues rela...
"I was shot in the left arm by a friend": Transgression and the possibility of communication
Title
"I was shot in the left arm by a friend": Transgression and the possibility of communication
Author
Humphries, Matthew
Date Created
2014
Subjects--Topical
Literature, History--Religious aspects
Description
For my paper I will look at contemporary communities built on violence, looking specifically at how the philosophy of Georges Bataille may allow for these groups to be interpreted in the context of sacrifice. Though I will look at some issues rela...
"In His Country's Service:" Irish Catholic Military Participation in the First World War
Title
"In His Country's Service:" Irish Catholic Military Participation in the First World War
Author
Glynn, Hannah
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
This thesis examines how Irish Catholic and nationalist military participation in the Great War reflected colonial tensions between Ireland and Great Britain in the early twentieth century. Whereas prior scholars have tended to examine Irish Catho...
"No.. like you don't get it": The functionality of conflict speech and the construction of the young adult feminist identity on Tumblr
Title
"No.. like you don't get it": The functionality of conflict speech and the construction of the young adult feminist identity on Tumblr
Author
Cosper, Caitlin
Date Created
2019
Description
As social media grew in popularity, online discourse became a more frequent focus of study because it represented an entirely new form of communication. While technological innovations led to easier and more accessible communication on a global sc...