North Carolina

What my research aims to examine is whether or not Western North Carolina is abiding by sustainable measures in order to keep a well-kept environment by following the correct procedures of animal agriculture and whether or not this information is readily available for public access. The term animal agriculture is also known as “factory farming” and “animal husbandry”, meaning “a branch of agriculture concerned with the production and care of domestic animals” (Merriam-Webster). The animal…

is North Carolina. “North Carolina is one of the top ten human trafficking nationally.” and it also “ranked the top 8th most state for human trafficking.” The reason for this is because of the highways we have, one of the highways that traffickers love the most is highway 195 because it goes from Miami Florida to fredericton Canada. Traffickers use the highways to get their victims and transport them. But the highway is not the only way trafficker get their victims. ("The North Carolina…

Roanoke island is an island in Dare County on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States. It was named after the historical Roanoke Carolina Algonquian people who inhabited the area in the 16th century at the time of English exploration. The lost colonists were the third group of English arrivals on North Carolina’s Roanoke Island, settling near the modern-day town of Manteo. Roanoke Island was the site of the 16th-century Roanoke Colony, the first English colony in the New World. It was…

Cooper Sr. He was born on August 15, 1893 and was an African-American male who lived in Weeksville, North Carolina for the majority of his life. According to my mother’s first cousin Lonnie Melton, both he and his wife, Hestor Sutton, had traces of Cherokee Indian through previous generations. In order to support his wife and seven children, Riley Cooper became…

writer credited for playing an important role in exploring North and South Carolina. He wrote “they are really better to us, than we are to them; they always give us Victuals at their Quarters, and take care we are arm’d against Hunger and Thirst: We do not so by them (generally speaking) but let them walk by our Doors Hungry” as he spoke about the Tuscarora tribe. The Tuscarora were a Native American tribe who lived in present day North Carolina.Their name derives from their use of hemp which…

services, thus North Carolina counties have joined together to create Sexual Health Initiatives for Teens (SHIFTNC), and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives (TPPI) in order to lower the teen pregnancy and birth rates in North Carolina through education and meeting the needs of teenagers through contraception as another option if engaging in sexual activity at a young age ( Sexual Health Initiatives for Teens 2009; NC Dept. of Health and Human Services 2015). Also, North Carolina has begun…

Wrongful Conviction On the morning of August 10, 1984, Deborah Sykes was brutally stabbed, sexually assaulted, and eventually killed in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The man convicted for her murder was Darryl Hunt, a 19 year old boy that would go on to spend 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Hunt was convicted based on eye-witness testimony and informants, but was later exonerated based on DNA evidence that matched a man that was caught just a few months after the murder took…

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke has continuously represented the history and values of the local area. From the founding of the university as the Croatan Normal School in the late nineteenth century to its current state, the state supported university grew exponentially in numbers and capability. Originally established for the Lumbees of the area, then called Croatans, the Croatan Normal School served to educate a community lacking essential education. However, a testament to its…

Pig poop in North Carolina has become quite a problem along the coast. There is several different ways people believe that this can be fixed. Some believe the problem can be fixed with new technology, others think it can be fixed by more strict laws, and others are worried about the bacteria getting into their water and air. This paper gives some ideas of why people are worried and how these problems can be fixed. The first problem could possibly be the biggest problem. What should farmers do…

wealthy family at the time and who also manage households affairs and social graces. After that william decided to become a politic and once he became a politic, him and his wife had a daughter name Nacy. Later, William was elected to be seated in North Carolina State house and after he was elected, his…