North Carolina

After this summer ends, I will be attending Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. I will be moving to North Carolina for the duration of my Masters and Doctorate Degree (Lord willing), and I look forward to seeing what God has in store for my life. This will be a new life experience for me, as I have no family or relatives that currently reside in North Carolina, but I look forward to the opportunity that I will have to spread God’s Kingdom to a place that is…

three, in Brooklyn New York. As a young kid michael grew up playing baseball, he did this because his dad loved the game of baseball. Michael also loved to play basketball and always dreamed of making it to the NBA. Michael grew up in Wilmington North Carolina, and wanted to play basketball or baseball for the college. Michael grew up playing basketball against his dad and his dad stated that Michael had this competitive drive in him always going the extra step to improve his game. As Michael…

colony, none have yet been proven true or false. The Roanoke Colony, known today as the Lost Colony, was established in today’s Dare County, North Carolina in the late 16th-century. It was an attempt by Queen Elizabeth to create a permanent English settlement. Nearly four hundred years ago, a baby girl was born on Roanoke Island, off what is now the North Carolina coast. She was the first child of English parents to be born in the New World, named Virginia Dare. Within a year, Virginia Dare,…

Location- Charlotte, North Carolina Description of Area- The Charlotte Metropolitan area ranks 22nd largest in the US. Charlotte, North Carolina 's largest city and the seat of Mecklenburg County, is located in the southern part of the state near the South Carolina border. Charlotte is also home of the NFL Carolina Panthers, and the NBA Charlotte Hornets which play at the Bank of America Stadium and the Time Warner Cable Arena. Along with hundreds of restaurants and attraction throughout the…

In Rev. Dr. William J. Barber’s book; Forward Together, A Moral Message for the Nation, with Barbara Zelter, both authors talk about the historical context of the civil rights movement and the need for a moral movement their state of North Carolina and ultimately in the whole of the Unites States. Rev Barber sees this movement toward right wing extremists in the Republican Party; and sees them as coming to hurt minorities and poor through their policy implementation. The book progresses with…

I was born in the wrong century; a combination of an imperfect school education and broad parents produced a curious child who dreamed of many different occupations. Growing up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, I’ve seen interests and talents splattered across the entire state. There were Spring Lake Middle School sport coaches who researched different exercises for training players, cross country runners who dabbled in cancer research, and many more occupations. Thus, these people influenced my…

Riley Coleman Ms.Kowatnick History 10 March, 2017 Andrew Jackson was born in North or South Carolina on March 15, 1767. His mother took care of him by herself. She later died once Jackson was only 14. After, both brothers in the war and had nobody else but his two uncles to raise him. He received a upright education by private tutors when he was still very young. This was usually a rich commodity but his uncles worked very hard to give him the best he deserves. When he was 15, he went back to…

suddenly vanished in 1587. After John White went back to England for supplies, and was delayed, he left the settlers on Roanoke Island; only to find them missing afterwards in 1590 (“Wolfe”). This led him to finding clues through Roanoke Island, North Carolina, in order to find the colonists; including his family and granddaughter. Even over centuries of looking for them we are still persistent on any leads towards it. Whether theories and evidence are proven to be true, this mystery is yet to…

Even fewer states have Good Samaritan laws that protect IDUs by allowing those with drug paraphernalia to return it to the police without any consequence or contain exceptions that protect those that operate SSPs, currently only Maryland and North Carolina have laws like that. It is necessary that future endeavors address the legal barriers against SSPs and IDUs in general. And with that in mind each of these states is taking measures to either engage legal actors or subvert the law. In…

Stephen Alexander LaRoque, was born in Kinston, NC on August, 1963. After earning an MBA from East Carolina University in 1993, he founded two nonprofits, the East Carolina Development Company in 1997 and the Piedmont Development Company in 2004. The nonprofits acted as a transit point for loans from a U.S. Department of Agriculture lending program aimed at alleviating poverty and spurring economic growth in low-income, rural areas nationwide. Known as the Intermediary Relending Program, it…