The Day Blackbeard Fell at Ocracoke
On November 22, 1718, the notorious pirate Blackbeard was killed in a bloody dawn battle at Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, ending the Golden Age of Piracy's most feared career.
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Four Students, One Lunch Counter: The Greensboro Sit-In
On February 1, 1960, four Black college freshmen sat down at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and sparked a protest movement that helped end legal segregation in America.