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Keaton joins Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
Randy Keaton became the deputy executive director of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission on May 1. Keaton succeeds John Carlock, who is retiring after 40 years, according to the commission’s website. Keaton began his career 30 years...
Tags: Camden County, Camden (Camden, North Carolina), Hampton Roads, Pasquotank County
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Eugenics Victim, Son Fighting Together for Justice
AP National WriterElaine Riddick's small frame heaves, her rapid, shallow breaths whistling in her throat as she forces the words out between her sobs. "So what am I worth?" she asks the five people seated at the long table before her. "The kids that I did not have, COULD...Tags: Surgery, Executive Branch, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Prosecution
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NC Sterilization Victims to Tell Their Stories
![Elaine Riddick was a frightened, pregnant
14-year-old in 1968 when her illiterate grandmother put an "X" on
a piece of paper proffered by agents of the North Carolina Eugenics
Board.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-06/62141337-05135000-187105.jpg "Elaine Riddick was a frightened, pregnant
14-year-old in 1968 when her illiterate grandmother put an "X\" on
a piece of paper proffered by agents of the North Carolina Eugenics
Board.")
Associated PressElaine Riddick was a frightened, pregnant 14-year-old in 1968 when her illiterate grandmother put an "X" on a piece of paper proffered by agents of the North Carolina Eugenics Board. That "X" authorized North Carolina to sterilize Riddick, just like...Tags: Raleigh, Social Issues, Family, Surgery, Executive Branch
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