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Key events from Orange County history: 100 highlights to start, then the full chronology of 6,171 dated events and 63 storylines, each connected to the index. A storyline gathers many dated events into one history, such as the Regulator crisis.

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1972Civil rights era
  1. Civil rights era · 1945–1975
  2. Charles E. Daye joins the UNC School of Law as its first Black tenure-track professor

    Appointment, election or service · UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill

    Charles E. Daye, a Durham native, came to the UNC law faculty in 1972 from Covington & Burling as the school's first African American tenure-track professor. He taught torts, housing and community development and administrative advocacy, and advised the Black Law Students Association from 1972 until 2014.

    Subject: UNC School of Law

  3. Recent decades · 1976–2026
  4. Charles E. Daye receives the Thomas Jefferson Award

    Award or honor · UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill

    Law professor Charles E. Daye won the Thomas Jefferson Award in 2004, the year after he co-authored a brief that helped persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve affirmative action in college and university admissions.

  5. UNC School of Law dedicates a portrait of Charles E. Daye

    Naming or commemoration · Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill

    The law school held a virtual dedication for a commissioned portrait of Professor Emeritus Charles E. Daye by the Durham artist William Paul Thomas, attended by close to 300 people. The portrait hangs on the fifth floor of Van Hecke-Wettach Hall.

    Subject: UNC School of Law

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Compiled and maintained by the Friends of the Orange County Public Library from county records, the sources named on each card, and the index’s event pages. Last updated October 2, 2026.

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