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North Carolina’s Hidden Histories | Durham News
In 2013, North Carolina’s high school graduation rate soared to an all-time high of 82.5%, fueled by investments in early college and career tech programs — while Wake County’s rate climbed even further since then. Meanwhile, in 1999, the massive Southpoint mall in Durham sparked controversy as it bulldozed trees and disrupted longtime residential neighborhoods. Tragedy struck in 1972 when a lightning-sparked house fire in south Raleigh killed five family members — father, mother, two children, and grandmother — with one survivor escaping with minor injuries. And way back in 1926, an Orange…
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