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I don't like to consider drug dealers and their legacy. Too many deaths and disgraces.Terry Sanford is worth consideration for sure.
Not native then Moses Cone or R.J. Reynolds.
That brings around to George Washington Duke or his son Buck.
Julius Chambers would be high on my list.I’m not from NC but did any women or people of color have any influence?
He’d matter……if not for Helms, the Congressional Club, Reagan’s ‘76 Republican Primary……etc.Julius Chambers would be high on my list.
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Julius Chambers's Biography
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Sir Walter Raleigh
In that same vein, even though he hasn’t been chief justice for very long, Paul Newby’s stint as chief justice of the NCSC thus far has been highly consequential. I guess one could argue that it’s not all him; that it takes at least three more justices, but he’s the leader of the pack.I think y'all are discounting Phil Berger's grotesque influence on modern North Carolina.
Those are both pretty good ones.Hmmm...If Raleigh, then why not Queen Elizabeth I?