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NCpedia

Title:: NCpedia
Subject:: North Carolina--Encyclopedias
Civil rights workers--North Carolina
School desegregation--North Carolina
Civil rights movements--North Carolina
Location:: United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
Description:: Civil rights-related articles from the NCpedia. NCpedia highlights North Carolina's unique resources, people and culture to enrich, educate and inform.
Metadata URL:: http://ncpedia.org/
Contributing Institution:: North Carolina. Division of State Library