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Rocky Mount is a city in Nash and Edgecombe counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. [6] [7] The city's population was 54,341 as of the 2020 census, making it the 20th-most populous city in North Carolina. [8] The city is 45 mi (72 km) east of Raleigh, the state capital.
Slave owners saw literacy as a threat to the institution of slavery. As a North Carolina statute stated, "Teaching slaves to read and write, tends to excite dissatisfaction in their minds, and to produce insurrection and rebellion." [123] When slavery was finally abolished in 1865, public educational systems were expanding across the country.
Charlotte (/ ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə t / ⓘ SHAR-lət) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County.The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, [10] making Charlotte the 15th-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in the South, and the second-most populous city in the Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida.
The data is needed to monitor compliance with the Voting Rights Act by local jurisdictions. Data on ethnic groups are important for putting into effect a number of federal statutes (i.e., enforcing bilingual election rules under the Voting Rights Act and monitoring/enforcing equal employment opportunities under the Civil Rights Act).
The Sun News has traditionally been the largest daily paper published along the Grand Strand, with a readership base extending from Georgetown, South Carolina, to Sunset Beach, North Carolina. The paper has been in existence since the 1930s and was formerly published by Knight Ridder before that company was bought by The McClatchy Company .
India, officially the Republic of India, [j] [21] is a country in South Asia.It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country from June 2023 onwards; [22] [23] and since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada.It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings.
The city was founded on February 14, 1764, by French fur traders Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent, Pierre Laclède, and Auguste Chouteau. [13] They named it for King Louis IX of France , and it quickly became the regional center of the French Illinois Country .