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The award was proposed by state Senator Robert Lee Humber of Pitt County, who wanted to recognize people who had contributed to the betterment of North Carolina and inspire others. He won the award for public service in 1968. Biographical essays are available for each North Carolina Award recipient in the ceremony program for that year.
The Order of the Long Leaf Pine is granted by the Governor of North Carolina and is the state's highest civilian honor. [1] Although the award was first given in 1964, records of recipients were not kept until 1983. [1] Following is a partial list of its recipients. [2] [1]
The certificate reads in part: Reposing special confidence in the integrity, learning and zeal of [honoree], I [the Governor of North Carolina] do by these presents confer The Order of the Long Leaf Pine with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary, privileged to enjoy fully all rights granted to members of this exalted order, among which is the special privilege to propose the following North ...
American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, leader of the civil rights movement, and close friend and mentor of Martin Luther King Jr. He collaborated with King and E. D. Nixon to create the Montgomery Improvement Association, co-created and was an executive board member of SCLC; led the Poor People's Campaign in Washington, D.C., as well ...
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The Marrow case helped galvanize continued African-American civil rights activities in Oxford and across the eastern North Carolina black belt. Local civil rights activist Ben Chavis took a lead role in these activities; he led the march to the capital and the boycott of local businesses. The Marrow killing and related events radicalized the ...
North Carolina officials ultimately concluded their data was missing only about 300 records, which they submitted to the CDC by mid-February. That’s just a small fraction of the 110,000 or so ...
Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award: New York City, United States of America Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters: Berea College, United States of America Gandhi Peace Prize: India Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters: University of North Florida, United States of America Desmond Tutu TB Centre founded: Stellenbosch University, South Africa