/tags/nc-historical-marker NC Historical Marker en-US Copyright Fri, 03 May 2024 12:01:25 GMT /news/2024-05-03/dillsboro-historical-marker-convict-laborers-civil-war-slavery The North Carolina roadside history marker commemorates the Cowee Tunnel disaster near Dillsboro, an 1882 construction accident that killed 19 Black inmate workers. Fri, 03 May 2024 12:01:25 GMT /news/2024-05-03/dillsboro-historical-marker-convict-laborers-civil-war-slavery Jay Price /news/2023-06-16/nc-american-indian-tribes-receive-historical-site-highway-markers The North Carolina Highway Marker Commission approved historical site markers for about a half dozen Native American tribes on highways across the state. Fri, 16 Jun 2023 20:03:51 GMT /news/2023-06-16/nc-american-indian-tribes-receive-historical-site-highway-markers Sharryse Piggott /news/2022-05-25/historical-marker-dedicated-first-black-woman-licensed-practice-law-north-carolina Ruth Whitehead Whaley was the first Black woman to study at the Fordham University School of Law and to receive a degree from there. Wed, 25 May 2022 18:04:23 GMT /news/2022-05-25/historical-marker-dedicated-first-black-woman-licensed-practice-law-north-carolina Leoneda Inge, Joe Jurney /race-demographics/2017-05-29/black-u-s-navy-band-remembered-in-chapel-hill A historical marker in Chapel Hill was unveiled this Memorial Day weekend to remember the African American men who officially integrated the U.S. Navy… Mon, 29 May 2017 15:04:20 GMT /race-demographics/2017-05-29/black-u-s-navy-band-remembered-in-chapel-hill Leoneda Inge