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Dickson v. Sitterson, 1968

The federal case that struck down the Speaker Ban, documented across the collections of twelve library systems and the State Archives of North Carolina.

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Places represented  Chapel Hill · North Carolina

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    Topics

    D and L Map Service (1)

    Daggers & swords (2)

    Daggett, P. H. (Parker Haywood) (1)

    Daguerreotype (1)

    Daily life (23)

    Daily News (Raleigh) (1)

    Daily Tar Heel (10 works · 3 headings)
    Dairy farmers (2 works · 2 headings)
    Dairy farming (2 works · 3 headings)
    Dairy farms (2 works · 3 headings)

    Daisy Blanche Barbee (1)

    Dallas (1)

    Dallas County (Ark.) -- Social life and customs -- Sources (1)

    Dalsheimer, Kenny (1)

    Dalton, David (1)

    Dalton, David N. (1)

    Dalton, David, Jr. (1)

    Dalton, David, Sr. (1)

    Dalton, Isaac (1)

    Dalton, Jonathan (1)

    Dalton, Melissa M. Rives (1)

    Damages (1)

    Dams (5 works · 2 headings)

    Dan River (2)

    Dan River (Va. and N.C.) (2)

    Dana (N.C.) -- Anecdotes (1)

    Dance (2 works · 2 headings)
    Dance therapy for children (1 works · 2 headings)

    Daniel Donelson, 1844-1906 (1)

    Daniel Jacob (1806-1901) Hauer (1)

    Daniel, Beverly (1)

    Daniel, Evelyn H (1)

    Daniel, Harriet Bailey Bullock (1)

    Daniel, Samuel (1)

    Daniel, Samuel Venable (1)

    Daniels, John R. J. (1)

    Daniels, Josephus (4)

    Daniels, Selby A. (1)

    Danville (Ky.) -- Photographs (1)

    Danville (Va.) (1)

    Danziger's Old World Restaurant (4)

    Danziger, Erwin M (1)

    Darcy, Robert (4th Earl of Holderness) (1)

    Dare County (N.C.) (6 works · 2 headings)

    Dashboard Confessional (Musical group) (1)

    Data centers (7 works · 4 headings)

    Data libraries -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill -- Catalogs (1)

    Data processing service centers (2 works · 2 headings)
    Databases (2 works · 2 headings)
    Dating (Social customs) (4 works · 3 headings)

    Dating -- Fiction (1)

    Daugherty, Brad (1)

    Daughters of the American Revolution (6 works · 2 headings)

    Daughters of the American Revolution. Davie Poplar Chapter (Chapel Hill, N.C.) -- Records and correspondence (1)

    Daughters of the American Revolution. Liberty Hall Chapter (Charlotte, N.C.) (1)

    Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede (1)

    Daughters of the Revolution (1)

    Davenport, Ed (1)

    Davenport, Tom (1)

    David Childers and the Modern Don Juans (Musical group) (1)

    David Settle Reid, 1813-1891 (1)

    Davidson (1)

    Davidson (N.C.) (1)

    Davidson County (N.C.) (16 works · 3 headings)

    Davidson County (Tenn.) (3)

    Davidson, Isabella (1)

    Davidson, S. F. (1)

    Davie County (1)

    Davie County (N.C.) (8 works · 2 headings)

    Davie Poplar (Chapel Hill, N.C.) (4)

    Davies, Rachel (1)

    Davis, B.L. (1)

    Davis, George (1)

    Davis, James (2)

    Davis, Jefferson (2)

    Davis, Rachel (1)

    Davis, Thomas (1)

    Davis, Varina Howell (1)

    Dawson, Henry B. (1)

    Dawson, John (1)

    Dawson, Raymond H (2)

    Day care centers -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

    Day, William (1)

    Daylilies (1 works · 2 headings)

    De Arminda, Michael (1)

    De Lancey, Peter (1)

    de Rosset, Lewis Henry (3)

    de St Pierre, Lewis (2)

    Dead Meadow (1)

    Dealerships, Automobile (1)

    Deans (Education) (2 works · 2 headings)

    Deas, David (1)

    Death (11 works · 3 headings)
    Death notices (4 works · 3 headings)

    Death Row Inmates -- Fiction (1)

    death, law, property, debt, trade, judge, governor, land, education, wages, militia (1)

    Debates and debating (4 works · 3 headings)

    Debris (1)

    Debt (24 works · 2 headings)

    Debt relief (2)

    Debtor and creditor (7 works · 2 headings)

    Debts, External (1)

    Debts, Public (8)

    Debutantes (1 works · 2 headings)
    Decedents' estates (10 works · 2 headings)

    Deception (1)

    Decision making (2)

    Declaration of Independence (United States) (1)

    Dedications (2)

    Deeds (71 works · 15 headings)

    Deeds of trust -- North Carolina -- Orange County -- Indexes (2)

    Deems, Charles F. (1)

    Deep River (3)

    Deep River (N.C.) (1)

    Deep River Basin (1)

    Deer (2 works · 3 headings)
    Deer hunting (1 works · 2 headings)

    Deese, John (1)

    defence, assembly, fortification, repairs, supplies, ordnance stores, petition, legislation, finance, tax, currency, leave of absence (1)

    Defenses (1)

    Definitive Treaty of Peace Between Great Britain and the United States (1783 September 3) (4)

    Deforestation (1 works · 2 headings)

    Degge, Anthony (1)

    Degrees, Academic (6 works · 4 headings)

    Deism -- North Carolina (1)

    Deitrick, William H. (1)

    Delaware (2)

    Delegates (2)

    Delivery of Health Care (1)

    Delta Cooperative Farm (Hillhouse, Miss.) (1)

    Delta Kappa Epsilon (5)

    Delta Sigma Pi (1)

    Delta Tau Delta Fraternity (1)

    Delta Upsilon Fraternity (3)

    Delta Upsilon Fraternity. North Carolina Chapter (2 works · 2 headings)

    DEMOCRATIC NEWBERNIAN (1)

    Democratic Party (N.C.) (11 works · 4 headings)

    Democratic Party (New York, N.Y.) (1)

    Democratic Party (Orange County, N.C.) -- Periodicals (1)

    Democratic Party (U.S.) (6 works · 2 headings)

    DEMOCRATIC REVIEW (1)

    Demography (3)

    Demolition (1)

    Démonologie -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse (1)

    Demonology (3 works · 3 headings)

    Demonstration (Washington, D.C. : 1971) (1)

    Demonstrations (2 works · 2 headings)

    Demopolis (Ala.) -- Social life and customs (1)

    Demurrage (1)

    Dena Gunter (1)

    Dena Gunter Winston (1)

    Denmark, James W. (1)

    Denmark, James W., Jr. (1)

    Denmark, Leonidas Polk (1)

    Denny, William (1)

    Denson, Claude (1)

    Denson, Claude B. (1)

    Denson, Daisy (1)

    Denson, Eugene (1)

    Dental care (4 works · 10 headings)

    Dental education -- North Carolina (1)

    Dental personnel (2 works · 3 headings)
    Dental public health (1 works · 3 headings)
    Dental schools (13 works · 6 headings)
    Dental students (2 works · 2 headings)
    Dentist and patient (2 works · 2 headings)
    Dentistry (39 works · 14 headings)
    Dentists (2 works · 3 headings)

    Department stores (1)

    DePauw, Washington C (1)

    Depreciation (18)

    Depression Era (1)

    Depressions (5 works · 6 headings)

    Dermatology -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

    DeRosett, Lewis (5)

    DeRosset, William Lord (1)

    Desegregation (1)

    Design (2)

    Design architectural (1)

    Designs and plans (1)

    Desks (1)

    Destruction and pillage (1)

    Detective and mystery fiction (7)

    Detective and mystery stories (2 works · 2 headings)
    Development rights transfer (1 works · 2 headings)

    Developmentally disabled children -- Services for -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

    Devereaux, Thomas P. (1)

    Devereux, Frances Pollock (1)

    Devereux, George P. (1)

    Devereux, J. W. (1)

    Devereux, John (2)

    Devereux, Thomas P. (1)

    Devereux, Thomas Pollack (1)

    Devereux, Thomas Pollock, Sr. (1)

    Deviant behavior -- History -- 19th century (1)

    Devotional exercises -- Daily readings (1)

    Diabetes -- Treatment -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

    Diabetes clinics -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

    Diabetics -- Services for -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

    Diaries (Blank-books) (3)

    Diaries (Blankbooks) (1)

    Diary fiction (1)

    Dickson, Dr. Samuel Henry (1)

    Dickson, Edwin Allen (1)

    Dictionaries (1)

    Didion, Joan (1)

    Diet -- Juvenile literature (1)

    Digges, Dudley (1)

    Digital divide (1)

    Digital mapping (1)

    Digital maps (1)

    Digital photographs -- Color -- 2000-2010 (1)

    Dillard, Annie (2 works · 2 headings)

    Dillard, Annie Influence (1)

    Dillard, Richard (1)

    Dillard, Stark (1)

    Dillon Fence (Musical group) (1)

    Diners (Restaurants) (1)

    Dinwiddie, Robert (2)

    Diphtheria (2)

    Diplomacy (1 works · 2 headings)

    Diplomatic and consular service, American (1)

    Diplomatic relations (2)

    Direct action -- North Carolina (7)

    Direct-mail fund raising (1 works · 2 headings)

    Directories -- North Carolina (1)

    Directors of corporations (1)

    Dirofilaria immitis (1 works · 2 headings)

    Dirt roads (2)

    Disabilities (3)

    Disabled Persons (1)

    Disabled veterans (5)

    Disarmament (1)

    Disaster relief (2 works · 3 headings)

    Disasters (2)

    Discipline (7)

    Discoveries in geography (1)

    Discovery Place (Charlotte, N.C.) (1)

    Discrimination in capital punishment (1)

    Discrimination in education (9 works · 4 headings)
    Discrimination in employment (6 works · 4 headings)
    Discrimination in higher education (9 works · 5 headings)
    Discrimination in housing (1 works · 2 headings)
    Discrimination in medical education (1 works · 2 headings)
    Discrimination in public accommodations (5 works · 4 headings)

    Discrimination in restaurants -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

    Discrimination in sports (4 works · 5 headings)

    Discussion (1)

    Diseases (5)

    Disinvestment (1 works · 2 headings)

    Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.) (3)

    Dismal Swamp Canal (N.C. and Va.) (2)

    Dismal Swamp State Park (N.C.) -- Pictorial works (1)

    Disorderly conduct -- North Carolina -- Chapel Hill (1)

    Displaced homemakers (45)

    Dispute resolution (Law) (4 works · 4 headings)

    Dissenters -- North Carolina -- Biography (1)

    Dissertations, Academic (20 works · 12 headings)

    dissolution, assembly, appointment, local government, writ, warrant, seal, trade, boundary, Admiralty, Indians, education, Cherokee (1)

    Distilleries (1)

    Distribution of Decedents' Estates -- North Carolina -- Orange County (1)

    District Courts -- United States (1)

    Divers (3 works · 2 headings)

    Diversity (1)

    Diversity in the workplace (3 works · 3 headings)
    Diving (3 works · 2 headings)
    Divorce (5 works · 3 headings)

    Divorce settlements -- United States (4)

    Divorced mothers (1 works · 2 headings)
    Divorced women (46 works · 2 headings)

    Dixie Classic (Basketball tournament) (2)

    Dixon, Ben Franklin (1)

    Dixon, H. Bacon (1)

    Dixon, Henry A (1)

    Dixon, Kevin H (1)

    Dixon, Martha Sugg (1)

    Dixon, Simon (2)

    doanted by Bowling-Wood U.D.C (1)

    Dobbin, Anne (1)

    Dobbin, Hugh (1)

    Dobbin, James C. (2)

    Dobbin, John M. (1)

    Dobbs County (2)

    Dobbs County (historical, 1759-1799), North Carolina, United States (6)

    Dobbs County (N.C.) (5)

    Dobbs, Arthur (18)

    Dobbs, Bruce (1)

    Dobbs, Edward Brice (1)

    Dockery, M. J. (1)

    Doctor of philosophy degree -- North Carolina (1)

    Documentary films (9 works · 3 headings)
    Documentary photography (6 works · 4 headings)
    Documentary radio programs (1 works · 2 headings)

    Documentary television programs (1)

    Documents (1)

    Documents libraries (2 works · 2 headings)

    Dodd and Hinsdale (Raleigh, N.C.) (1)

    Dogs (3 works · 4 headings)

    Dogwood Festival, Incorporated (Chapel Hill, N.C.) (1)

    Dogwoods (2)

    Dollar, Adam (1)

    Domestic fiction (3)

    Domestic relations (2 works · 3 headings)

    Dominion Development (1)

    Don Dixon (1)

    Donaldson, Vann W (1)

    Donalsonville (Ga.) (1)

    Donated by Landon Robinson (1)

    Donated by Stewart E. Dunaway (1)

    Donelson, Stockley (1)

    Donelson, Stockley, -approximately 1804 (1)

    Donnell, W. C (1)

    Donnell, W. P (1)

    Donoho, William (1)

    Dormitories (43 works · 6 headings)

    Dorothea Lynde Dix, 1802-1887 (1)

    Dortch, Isaac F. (1)

    Dorton Arena. (1)

    Dorton, J. S. (1)

    Douglass, Henry (1)

    Douglass, Martha (1)

    Douglass, Thomas E. -- Portraits (1)

    Dover (N.C.) (1)

    Dowd, Jerome (1)

    Down syndrome (1 works · 2 headings)

    Downing, Benjy (1)

    Dowry (2)

    Dr. Boyd and the Bible (Television program) (1)

    Draft (9 works · 2 headings)

    Draft (Military service) (1)

    Draft resisters -- United States (1)

    Drainage (1)

    Drake, Francis A (1)

    Drama (4 works · 3 headings)

    Dramatists -- Juvenile literature (1)

    Dramatists, American (6 works · 8 headings)

    Draper, Lyman C. (1)

    Draper, Richard (1)

    Draper, William (1)

    Drawing, American -- North Carolina -- 20th century (1)

    Drawing, European (1 works · 2 headings)

    Drawings (4)

    Drayton, William (2)

    Drayton, William Henry (4)

    Dredging (1)

    Dresses (1)

    Dressmakers (2 works · 3 headings)

    Drewrys Bluff (Va.) (1)

    Drinking fountains (1 works · 2 headings)
    Drinking of alcoholic beverages (3 works · 2 headings)
    Drinking water (3 works · 6 headings)

    Driveways (1)

    Dromgoole, Thomas (1)

    Dropouts (2)

    Droughts (1)

    Drucker and Falk (1)

    Drug abuse (2 works · 3 headings)
    Drug abusers (1 works · 2 headings)
    Drug utilization (1 works · 2 headings)
    Drugs (3 works · 7 headings)
    Drugstores (5 works · 3 headings)
    Dual-career families (2 works · 2 headings)

    Duck River (Tenn.) (1)

    Duckenfield, Nathaniel, Sir (1)

    Due process of law (1 works · 2 headings)

    Duke Democrats -- Periodicals (2)

    Duke ECOS (1)

    Duke Endowment (1)

    Duke Forest (5)

    Duke Forest (N.C.) (10 works · 2 headings)

    Duncan, Alexander (2)

    Dunkard Brethren (2)

    Dunlop, Jake (1)

    Dunn (N.C.) (1)

    Dunn, John (1)

    Dunnagan, Timothy -- Estate (1)

    Dunne, John B (1)

    Duplin (1)

    Duplin County (2)

    Duplin County (N.C.) (33 works · 2 headings)

    Durahm -- North Carolina -- Telephone directories (1)

    Durban, Pam (1)

    Durham (1)

    Durham (N.C.) Metropolitan Area -- Maps (1)

    Durham Chamber of Commerce (1)

    Durham City Schools (N.C.) -- History (1)

    Durham County (2 works · 2 headings)

    Durham County (N.) -- History -- Periodicals (1)

    Durham County (N.C.) History, Local (1)

    Durham Friends Meeting (Durham, N.C.) (1)

    Durham Herald Co (1)

    Durham Hosiery Mills (Durham, N.C.) (1 works · 2 headings)
    Durham Metropolitan Area (N.C.) (34 works · 3 headings)

    Durham morning herald (2)

    Durham Public Schools (N.C.) (2 works · 2 headings)

    Durham Public Schools -- History (1)

    Durham Rescue Mission (1 works · 2 headings)

    Durham Scholars Program (1)

    Durham Suburban Area (N.C.) -- Maps (2)

    Durham sun (2)

    Durham Voters' Alliance (Durham, N.C.) (1)

    Durham, Archibald (1)

    Durham, Bryant (1)

    Durham, Peggy (1)

    Durham, Plato (1)

    Durham, Woody (2)

    Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation (1)

    Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization -- Evaluation (1)

    Durham-Orange County Medical Auxiliary (1)

    Durhamh (N.C.) (2 works · 2 headings)

    Durnford, Elias (1)

    Durr, Virginia Foster (1)

    Duty (1)

    Duvall, Robert C. (1)

    DVDs (4)

    Dwellings (33 works · 11 headings)

    Dykstra, Linda A (1)

    Dysfunctional families (5 works · 3 headings)

    Dyson, J (3)

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    Orange County Indexed brings together records about Orange County from twelve library systems and the State Archives of North Carolina, the Digital Public Library of America, DataCite, and Crossref. This page searches the full index, including books, maps, archival collections, government documents, campus materials, digitized primary sources, and published research about the county.

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