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One on One: Finding Replacements

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jul 1, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

When it comes to replacing Wilber’s, Bill’s, Allen & Son, and Carolina Bar-B-Q — I am in...

One on One: Why are Carolina Native American Tribes at War With Each Other?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 24, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Last week U.S. Sen. Richard Burr wrote a newspaper column criticizing the Eastern Band of the Cherokee for opposing the South Carolina-based Catawba Tribe’s efforts to acquire land near Kings Mountain to build a casino. Burr...

One on One: Four Recent Books Featuring North Carolina Indians

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 17, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Do you need to know a little more about the early contacts between the Native Americans and the European settlers in North Carolina? Help is on the way with four books and four upcoming programs on “North Carolina...

One on One: Nothing Funny or Foolish

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 10, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

“Ray Dawson didn’t do anything funny or foolish.” Felix Joyner, former vice president of finance...

One on One: Lessons from Gettysburg for Next Year’s Candidates

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 3, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Are there lessons from the Civil War battles at Gettysburg for the Democrats and their candidates as they prepare for the 2020 presidential elections? Let’s think about it together. On my trip to the Gettysburg battlefields late...

One on One: Civil War Continues in Fayetteville, Gettysburg and Chapel Hill

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 28, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Fayetteville is about to have its own civil war about the proposed North Carolina Civil War &...

One on One: A Book About Black People, Not White Racism

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 13, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square, Uncategorized

Elizabeth City native De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s debut novel, “In West Mills” might be the...

One on One: Joe Biden’s Already Been Here

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 6, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

When are the 20-plus Democratic presidential candidates going to come to North Carolina? We are...

One on One: The Scott Family – Part 2

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 29, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Mountains of bitter controversies in the areas of race, labor, student unrest, and higher...

One on One: The Scotts

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 22, 2019 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

The Scott family. Too much for one book. Too much for one column. Five years ago, in “The Political Career of W. Kerr Scott: The Squire from Haw River,” Julian Pleasants chronicled the exceptional life of the only governor of...

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