Machinery Act


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Racial Taxation


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In the United States, it is quite common to lay claim to the benefits of society by appealing to "taxpayer citizenship--the idea that, as taxpayers, we deserve access to certain social services like a public education. Tracing the genealogy of this concept, Camille Walsh shows how tax policy and taxpayer identity were built on the foundations of white supremacy and intertwined with ideas of whiteness. From the origins of unequal public school funding after the Civil War through school desegregation cases from Brown v. Board of Education to San Antonio v. Rodriguez in the 1970s, this study spans over a century of racial injustice, dramatic courtroom clashes, and white supremacist backlash to collective justice claims. Incorporating letters from everyday individuals as well as the private notes of Supreme Court justices as they deliberated, Walsh reveals how the idea of a "taxpayer" identity contributed to the contemporary crises of public education, racial disparity, and income inequality.







Building a Housewife's Paradise


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An examination of the history of food distribution in the United States explores the roles that gender, business, class, and the state played in the evolution of American grocery stores.







Fundamentals of Property Tax Collection Law in North Carolina


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This book addresses the practical and legal issues involved in the administration and collection of property taxes within the state. Presented in a question-and-answer format, it covers such important matters as deferred taxes, tax liens, levy and sale, discovery and immaterial regularities, attachment and garnishment, refunds and releases, set-off debt collection, foreclosures, and bankruptcy. A discussion of the collection of other taxes and fees also is presented, as is a calendar of dates and tax deadlines. The book reflects all major legislative changes to the Machinery Act and related statutes through June 2011. Several chapters in the book were previously published in the School of Government 's Property Tax Bulletin series. While those bulletins will remain available free of charge on the School of Government's website, their content has been updated and expanded for publication in the book. This book updates and replaces previous editions of Property Tax Collection in North Carolina. The most recent edition published in 1998 and supplemented in 2000 was written by William A. Campbell. Professor Campbell's enduring scholarship served as both a foundation and an inspiration for this new title. A free download of the table of contents is available (https://www.sog.unc.edu/publications/books/fundamentals-property-tax-collection-law-north-carolina!/details).







Poll Power


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The civil rights movement required money. In the early 1960s, after years of grassroots organizing, civil rights activists convinced nonprofit foundations to donate in support of voter education and registration efforts. One result was the Voter Education Project (VEP), which, starting in 1962, showed far-reaching results almost immediately and organized the groundwork that eventually led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In African American communities across the South, the VEP catalyzed existing campaigns; it paid for fuel, booked rallies, bought food for volunteers, and paid people to canvass neighborhoods. Despite this progress, powerful conservatives in Congress weaponized the federal tax code to undercut the important work of the VEP. Though local power had long existed in the hundreds of southern towns and cities that saw organized civil rights action, the VEP was vital to converting that power into political motion. Evan Faulkenbury offers a much-needed explanation of how philanthropic foundations, outside funding, and tax policy shaped the southern black freedom movement.




North Carolina Reports


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Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina.




Sketches of Pitt County


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These sketches are the result of years of inquiry, research and compilation intended to give such traditions and facts as could be had from reliable sources and records. The demand for sketches of many of Pitt's prominent men made necessary the addition of a second part. Advertisements were necessary from a financial standpoint and are included in the back, separate and apart.