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Rich Square, North Carolina

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were some of the earliest settlers in Northampton County, being established there by the early 1750s. The congregation in Rich Square was established in 1760, and was once a center for the Religious Society of Friends in North Carolina. By 1832, they were a minority in Rich Square, though they
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refused to indict the seven white kidnappers. In response, local pastor and businessman Paul A. Bishop promoted a black-led boycott of white-owned businesses in Rich Square (contemporaneously described by a black community leader as "a town that didn't like black folk.") Many of the boycotted
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in Rich Square, an effort up uplift families in poverty by simultaneously educating all members thereof at government expense. On a 50-acre (20 ha) parcel of town, twelve training and support buildings were constructed to support the 50 families living in 50 colocated
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through an intense thunderstorm and hail for the next 40 minutes. After "the most prolonged and fantastic parachute descent in history", he eventually landed near Rich Square, from where he was rescued by a local farmer and eventually taken to
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One cold night in 1965, Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins disappeared from a patrol in South Korea. Forty years later he has resurfaced. In his first interview since leaving North Korea, he tells the Review his
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Erickson, Gwendolyn Gosney (Spring 2022). "'This threatful Cloud of iniquity': Rich Square Friends, Rowland Greene, and the Challenge of Slavery in 1832".
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A jet pilot's harrowing account of his high-altitude bail-out through a thunderstorm that held him in its grip for forty minutes after he jumped.
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was $ 29,375 (± $ 15,623), as compared to the state's rate of $ 61,972 (± $ 541), which left 34.0 percent (± 16.6%) of locals living in
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At a rural crossroads in Halifax County, black farmers chart a new destiny for their families through the Tillery resettlement program.
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called the five-year program "one of the most unique and successful programs ever developed in the United States".
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citizens), and only 5.0 percent (± 4.4%) spoke a language other than English at home. Four residents (0.4%) were
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in South Carolina. When he lost all power at an altitude of 47,000 feet (14,000 m), he
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Deihl, Nancy (2021). "Wesley Tann: the glamour and the guts". In Way, Elizabeth (ed.).
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The exact location of the plane is not published in a bid to protect the historic site
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In Rich Square, 4.4 percent (± 4.1%) of residents were foreign-born (all of whom were
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Jones, H. G. (March 16, 1977). "The Obscure Miles Darden: In the Light of History".
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director Joseph Gordon was the first African American elected to the body, in 1967.
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McElmeel, Sharron L. (May–June 2001), "Illustrator Profile: James E. Ransome",
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In 1947, Godwin Bush was a black man in Northampton County who escaped a
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was 38.7 percent (± 13.1%), and 5.5 percent (± 5.7%) of the men were
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Porter, Gwendolyn (April 1974). "The Family Training Concept".
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In town, 18.0 percent (± 9.3%) of residents had at least a
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"I Rode the Thunder". 640:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 545: – American Army defector (1940–2017) 63:Commercial buildings in Rich Square (2020) 34: 601:United States Department of the Interior 557: – American illustrator (born 1961) 336:in Rich Square, and it was added to the 573: 304:federal government of the United States 295:for triage. 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Moses" 973:Kirk, Jeremy (September 1, 2004). 873:"Rich Square town; North Carolina" 497:In the 1950s, Rich Square had two 362:Northampton County, North Carolina 223:Northampton County, North Carolina 25: 883:from the original on May 28, 2023 812:from the original on May 28, 2023 1315: 1059:Mosalski, Ruth (April 6, 2024). 691:North Carolina Historical Review 276:Naval Air Station South Weymouth 80: 73: 57: 1093:Gerard, Philip (May 28, 2018). 938:. January 27, 1965. p. 1. 597:United States Geological Survey 930:. Vol. 81, no. 188. 624:Place Names of the Outer Banks 252:by a white mob; two all-white 1: 975:"Four Decades in North Korea" 360:of Rich Square is located in 346:Colonial Revival architecture 297:Scotland Neck, North Carolina 257:stores went out of business. 1223:DeKalb County Public Library 1095:"The 1940s: Field of Dreams" 921:"Tar Heel Defector Reported" 453:, while seven percent had a 340:in October 1980. 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Creecy High School 1554:Towns in North Carolina 832:"Holoman-Outland House" 551: – American writer 503:Rich Square High School 467:median household income 388:36.2739423; -77.2839064 344:was recognized for its 293:Ahoskie, North Carolina 124:36.2739423; -77.2839064 1455: 1454:Northampton County map 1219:DeKalb County, Georgia 751:The Family Coordinator 543:Charles Robert Jenkins 322:The Family Coordinator 166:72 ft (22 m) 1525:North Carolina portal 1453: 1280:Bloomsbury Publishing 840:National Park Service 806:National Park Service 798:"Duke-Lawrence House" 342:Holoman-Outland House 334:Georgian architecture 1532:United States portal 1324:at Wikimedia Commons 1282:. pp. 134–150. 1025:Rocky Mount Telegram 999:on September 2, 2004 927:The Daily Times-News 531:Florenza Moore Grant 278:in Massachusetts to 438:, 270 (31.1%) were 426:, 578 (64.7%) were 379: /  330:Duke-Lawrence House 115: /  1511:Turners Crossroads 1456: 1229:on August 30, 2010 1172:The New York Times 718:Rankin, William H. 686:Gershenhorn, Jerry 537:George V. 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Rich Square, NC
Town
Commercial buildings in Rich Square (2020)
Rich Square is located in North Carolina
36°16′26″N 77°17′02″W / 36.2739423°N 77.2839064°W / 36.2739423; -77.2839064
North Carolina
Northampton
GNIS
richsquarenc.org
American town
Northampton County, North Carolina
Quakers
slaves
free states
lynching
grand juries
Lieutenant Colonel
William Rankin
US Marine Corps
F8U Crusader
Naval Air Station South Weymouth
Naval Air Station Beaufort
ejected
uncontrolled decompression
Ahoskie, North Carolina
Scotland Neck, North Carolina
federal government of the United States
Family Development Training Project
mobile homes
The Family Coordinator

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