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system (Greensboro
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(Windsor
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, Stones River
, Chickamauga
, and the Third Battle of Chattanooga
against Union General Ulysses Grant (Warrenton
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since 1959;
he is the longest-serving Senator in American history (North
Wilkesboro
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who in 1960 started the first civil rights sit-in;
their action eventually led to lunch counters and restaurants being
desegregated throughout the Southern United States
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It should be noted his birth records are not at all
complete and he very well could be from the South Carolina
side.)
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County
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during the First World
War, played a major role in bringing the United States into the
war on the side of the British and French (Cary
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(Monroe)
's first African-American police
officers
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; other members were from various
locations in NC), and still lives in North Carolina.)
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, also a Senior Political Analyst at CNN (Durham
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, former president of University of Missouri System
and of Western Michigan University
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(Lillington
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and author of the bestselling book Blood Done Sign My Name (Oxford
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and NBA player for the
Cleveland Cavaliers.
Subsequently a popular basketball
television commentator for Raycom Media
(Black
Mountain
) and for the NBA's Phoenix Suns; six-time NBA All-Star (Pineville
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in the early 1960s. Also played
professionally for the NFL's Los
Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles, being named the
NFL's MVP in 1969
(Wilmington)
)
football player, Current second string
Quarterback for the Jacksonville
Jaguars (Durham)
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Rams wide receiver; five time
NFL Pro Bowl participant
(Gibsonville
)
(Hertford
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); the only athlete in history to have played in
both the NCAA Final
Four and NFL Super Bowl; currently an
All-Pro defensive end for the NFL's
Carolina Panthers (Bailey
). Also the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in both the American and National Leagues (Williamston
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)))) who primarily played with the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees (Roxboro
) and current player for the Dallas Mavericks, member of the NBA's 1996
All-Rookie team (Kinston)
) (North Wilkesboro) basketball legend,
leading the team to the 1974 NCAA basketball
championship over UCLA
. Also, a four-time NBA All-Star and member
of the Basketball Hall of Fame
(Shelby) football player and the first ACC football player ever selected
first overall in the NFL draft; currently plays defensive end for the Houston Texans (Richlands
) men's basketball
coach since 2003; led UNC-Chapel Hill to the 2005 & 2009
NCAA basketball national championship (Spruce
Pine
), named Most Valuable Player in the 1982 NCAA
basketball championship game and winner of three NBA titles with the Los
Angeles Lakers (Gastonia))
"Fast Willie"
two interceptions in Super Bowl XXVI
, Point Guard, New Orleans Hornets, 2005-06 Rookie
of the Year, 2-time All-American at Wake
Forest University
, Defensive Tackle, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, named an
All-American at North Carolina Central
University
, Forward, Dallas Mavericks, Outfielder, Nippon Ham Fighters)
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, (1787 - 1845), the son of a Hessian
immigrant who found a large gold nugget while fishing, triggering the first
gold rush in the United States (Midland
) (Winston-Salem))
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1960s (Durham))
, Illinois
. (Buies Creek
)
), leading UNC to the 1982 NCAA basketball
championship and winning six NBA titles with the
Chicago Bulls (Wilmington)), garnering three NCAA basketball national
championships (Durham)
and several other skirmishes during the American
Revolution, also the first President of the board of trustees of
the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
(Wilkes County)) since age two, born in New
Orleans
), his book The Case for Animal Rights
is widely regarded as being influential in the animal liberation movement (Raleigh); also the author of best-selling mystery novels
featuring the character Temperance
Brennan, (Charlotte)
)
), member of the NCAA Hall of Fame, earned 879 wins and two
national championships in his career (Chapel
Hill), winner of the O. Henry award for
short-story writing (Hillsborough
) (born in Omaha, Nebraska
(Ocracoke
))
in the North Carolina mountains; it is the
largest privately-owned mansion in the Western Hemisphere and North
Carolina's top tourist attraction (Asheville).))) (Greenville)))
famous for promoting the works of beatnik writers and poets, NC resident (Chapel
Hill), two-time Olympic gold medalist, twice named
FIFA
's World
Player of the Year (Chapel Hill) (Greensboro) and Olympic runner, winner of three gold medals
at the 2000 Summer Olympics (Chapel Hill))
(Greensboro)
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, attended Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem)
, star of the film Fried Green Tomatoes and
the television series The West
Wing and Weeds. Has won the Emmy, Tony, and Golden Globe awards (Winston-Salem), star of films such as Bringing Down the House,
Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory and Galaxy
Quest (Winston-Salem), set school records in passing yardage and
touchdowns, currently the starting quarterback for the National Football League's San Diego Chargers team (Raleigh))), starred in the popular television series
A Different World and in
the movies The Nutty
Professor and Matrix
Reloaded and Matrix
Revolutions (Winston-Salem)
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