June 2019 Archives

Jun 27, 2019
  • Fred Harrison

Staff Pick: “Speaker Ban Law”

  Source: "SPEAKER BAN LAW" folder, NCC Old Vertical File Staff Person: Fred Harrison Description: North Carolina’s Speaker Ban or “Gag“ Law was passed by the North Carolina General Assembly on June 26,...

Jun 21, 2019
  • Kelly Spring
  • Michael Reece

Shipshape

Pirates aren’t normally known for their housekeeping skills. Cataloging pirates, however, are an entirely different story. In their quarters, name and subject authorities are kept as neat and tidy as...

Jun 06, 2019
  • Jennifer Overstreet

D-Day Commemoration of an Eastern North Carolina Hero: John Epps Teel in World War II

75 years ago today, on June 6, 1944, over 156,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, in the offensive to repel the German forces from France. Codenamed Operation...