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Date 1789 - present
Areas Of Involvement public education
Notable Alumni James K. Polk • Billy Crudup • Jonathan Majors • Larry Brown • Francis Collins • Thomas Wolfe • Lawrence Ferlinghetti • David Brinkley • John Edwards • Armistead Maupin • Nikole Hannah-Jones • Louise Fletcher • Elizabeth Edwards • C. Vann Woodward • Robert F. Furchgott • Russell Banks • Chris Matthews • Louis Harris • Walker Percy • Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. • James Webb • Gail Godwin
Related People Dean Smith • Fred Brooks

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