Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

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…

tells of how four freedmen by the names of Jim and Lewis Coppedge who are brothers, Ned Myers who is Coppedge’s step-father, and George Chambers kill James W. Redfearn. Redfearn is the owner of a general store called Whites Store in Anson County North Carolina. It is believed that the freedmen committed crime because the KKK was coming to the store. Testimony was used to convict Lewis and Ned of Murder. This same testimony was used to convict Jim as well, but at a later time. Details that…

Angelou, Maya. Interview by Oprah Winfrey. OWN. N.d. Television. Maya Angelou was a full time professor at Wake Forest University, a bestselling author of many books, and was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She talks about how to stand up to racism with courage. She explains that it takes time and practice to gain courage. She strongly believes pejorative language is inacceptable and should not be tolerated because of the power of words. This is from an interview with Oprah Winfrey and…

in North and South Carolina. The cause of the Regulator movement was government officials would collect taxes and then erase the amount collected in order to gain more money. This would happen over and over again. When a new governor, William Tryon, came into office the process of the shakedowns continued to happen. A group of people created an association to fight the corrupt government. After the battles and deaths, the battles were over. Trials commenced the hanging of regulators. In North…

Southern ones, were discontent, because the Depression was already affecting them by 1929. This was largely due to "stretch-out", which is essentially where workers are being forced to overwork and be under payed. One particular mill in Monroe, North Carolina is a good example of "stretch-out", having "spinners using twelve spindles rather than eight, four doffers doing the work of five, and crews…

Those that have lived in Butte County or even visited on occasion are bound to be familiar with a beautiful plateau known as Table Mountain. During particular times of the year visitors to this vast mountain can view many breath-taking sights. These sights are what bring people back year after year to enjoy many outdoor adventures. If you live in Butte County, it is a short drive to this ecologically diverse setting. Table Mountain is made up of a north and south mountain. They are basaltic…

As stated previously there were several problems that community of Woodside face. Due to the lack of employment opportunities in Woodside, many residents work in factories outside of the area and several young adults dropped out of school to gain employment to assist with their family’s needs. The lack of education limits the job opportunity available. The recent unemployment rate in 2014 is 6.8 % a slight increase in Hampstead from 6.3% in 2013 (Hampstead, NC Livability., n.d.). However, there…

Woods World Family Child Care is a family operated child care home located in the south eastern portion of Gaston County, North Carolina (NC). We received our initial license from the Division of Child Development and Early Education under the direction of the NC Department of Health and Human Services in February 2007. All Family Child Care Homes (FCCH) are regulated similar to Child Care Centers and must adhere to the NC General Statues put forth in Chapter 110, Article 7 (NCGA, 2014).…

Things Started My state is South Carolina and The reason I picked it was because it is my birth state. South Carolina has many cool things to it like being the golf capital of the world or that the trees cover two-thirds of the land, or even that their most valuable catch is shrimp. South Carolina is filled with interesting facts like being explored by the French, Spanish and English, the first State to leave the Union, and the first battle of the Civil War. South Carolina has many other…

to a patient or patients. My final question for Brandon Mcfarlane was based on information I got on the College Foundation of North Carolina: Plan for a career (n.d.) website. I asked Brandon Mcfarlane(2015) what qualities did he think someone in the medical field should have and does he have all of those qualities? Now according to the College Foundation of North Carolina: Plan for a career (n.d.) website someone in this field must be someone who is investigative. They like to take a problem or…