West Charlotte High School, the Glossary

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1. 71 relations: A Current Affair (American TV program), African Americans, Andrew Jordan (American football), Anne Tompkins, Anthony Foxx, Baltimore Ravens, Basketball, Boston, Calvin Brock, Canadian Football League, Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Chicago Bulls, Comprehensive high school, Dave Waymer, David S. Taylor, Devontez Walker, Everett Withers, Extra (American TV program), Garinger High School, Goo Kennedy, Grier Martin, Harding University High School, IB Diploma Programme, Isaiah Blackmon, Jeff McInnis, Jon Lindsay (musician), Junior Burrough, Justin Gray (basketball), Keith Belton, Kelly Alexander, Kennedy Meeks, Linebacker, Maureen O'Boyle, Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, Mike Sprayberry, Mo Collins (American football), Morris Communications, Myers Park High School, National Basketball Association, National Football League, North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina High School Athletic Association, North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball, North Mecklenburg High School, Northwest School of the Arts, Novant Health Thanksgiving Day Parade, Patrick Williams (basketball), Pep Hamilton, Pettis Norman, ... Expand index (21 more) »

2. 1938 establishments in North Carolina

A Current Affair (American TV program)

A Current Affair is an American television newsmagazine program that aired in syndication from July 28, 1986, to August 30, 1996, before it was briefly rebroadcast from March to October 2005.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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Andrew Jordan, Jr. (born June 21, 1972) is a former professional American football tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons for the Minnesota Vikings, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Anne Tompkins

Anne Magee Tompkins (born 1962) is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

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Anthony Foxx

Anthony Renard Foxx (born April 30, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Secretary of Transportation from 2013 to 2017.

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Baltimore Ravens

The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Calvin Brock

Calvin Vance Brock (born January 22, 1975) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2007.

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The Canadian Football League (CFL; Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada.

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Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County.

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (abbreviated CMS) is a local education agency headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and is the public school system for Mecklenburg County.

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Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago.

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Comprehensive high school

Comprehensive high schools are the most popular form of public high schools around the world, designed to provide a well-rounded education to its students, as opposed to the practice in some places in which examinations are used to sort students into different high schools for different populations.

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Dave Waymer

David Benjamin Waymer Jr. (July 1, 1958 – April 30, 1993) was an American professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL).

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David S. Taylor

David Scott Taylor (born April 20, 1958) is an American business executive who is executive chairman of Procter & Gamble, having previously been chairman, president and CEO.

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Devontez Walker

Devontez "Tez" Walker (born June 19, 2001) is an American football wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL).

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Everett Withers

Everett Rowe Withers (born June 15, 1963) is an American football coach and former player.

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Extra (originally titled Extra: The Entertainment Magazine from 1994 to 1996) is an American syndicated news broadcasting newsmagazine that is distributed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution and premiered on September 5, 1994.

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Garinger High School

Garinger High School (sometimes referred to simply as Garinger or The G) is a high school located in Charlotte, North Carolina. West Charlotte High School and Garinger High School are public high schools in North Carolina.

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Goo Kennedy

Eugene "Goo" Kennedy (August 23, 1949December 8, 2020) was an American professional basketball player.

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Grier Martin

David Grier Martin III (born October 21, 1968) is an American politician and attorney.

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Harding University High School

Harding University High School is located at 2001 Alleghany Street, in Charlotte, North Carolina. West Charlotte High School and Harding University High School are public high schools in North Carolina.

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IB Diploma Programme

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a two-year educational programme primarily aimed at 16-to-19-year-olds in 140 countries around the world.

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Isaiah Blackmon

Isaiah Michael Blackmon (born March 8, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Beşiktaş of the Basketball Super League (BSL).

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Jeff McInnis

Jeff Lemans McInnis (born October 22, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player.

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Jon Lindsay (musician)

Jonathan Lindsay Phillips is an American recording artist.

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Junior Burrough

Thomas Harold "Junior" Burrough (born January 18, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Gaiteros del Zulia.

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Justin Gray (basketball)

Justin Gray (born March 31, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player and current head coach of the men's basketball team at Coastal Carolina.

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Keith Belton

Keith Da'Shawn "Thump" Belton (born June 1, 1981 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American football fullback who was most recently with the Georgia Force of the Arena Football League.

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Kelly Alexander

Kelly M. Alexander Jr. (born October 17, 1948) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives.

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Kennedy Meeks

Kennedy Rashod Meeks (born February 5, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Taoyuan Pauian Pilots of the P. League+.

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Linebacker

Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football.

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Maureen O'Boyle

Maureen Jeralyn O'Boyle (born July 14, 1963) is an American television reporter and news anchor.

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Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina

The office of the Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina is currently held by Democrat Vi Lyles, who took office in December 2017 after defeating Republican Kenny Smith in the November election.

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Mike Sprayberry

Michael A. Sprayberry is an American emergency manager who served as the Director of Emergency Management in the North Carolina Department of Public Safety from 2013 to 2021.

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Damon Jamal Collins (September 22, 1976 – October 26, 2014), nicknamed Mo Collins, was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons during the 1990s and early 2000s.

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Morris Communications

Morris Communications, headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, is a privately held media company with diversified holdings that include magazine publishing, outdoor advertising, book publishing and distribution, visitor publications, and online services.

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Myers Park High School

Myers Park High School is a public high school in Charlotte, North Carolina. West Charlotte High School and Myers Park High School are public high schools in North Carolina.

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

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North Carolina General Assembly

The North Carolina General Assembly is the bicameral legislature of the state government of North Carolina.

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North Carolina High School Athletic Association

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) is the governing organization of high school athletics in North Carolina, United States.

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North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

The North Carolina Tar Heels Men's basketball program is a college basketball team of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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North Mecklenburg High School

North Mecklenburg High School is a high school in Huntersville, North Carolina. West Charlotte High School and North Mecklenburg High School are public high schools in North Carolina.

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Northwest School of the Arts

Northwest School of the Arts is a grade 6 through 12 art magnet school in Charlotte, North Carolina. West Charlotte High School and Northwest School of the Arts are public high schools in North Carolina.

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Novant Health Thanksgiving Day Parade

The Novant Health Thanksgiving Eve Parade, previously known as the "Novant Health Thanksgiving Day Parade" from 2013 until 2020, Carolinas' Carrousel Parade and in 2008 and 2009 as the Carolinas' Thanksgiving Day Parade, is a Thanksgiving Day parade held in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, the night before Thanksgiving Day.

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Patrick Williams (basketball)

Patrick Lee Williams (born August 26, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Pep Hamilton

Alfonza "Pep" Hamilton (born September 19, 1974) is an American football coach.

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Pettis Norman

Pettis Burch Norman (born January 4, 1939) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and the San Diego Chargers.

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Pro Bowl

The National Football League All-Star Game (1939–1942), Pro Bowl (1951–2022), or Pro Bowl Games (since 2023) is an annual event held by the National Football League (NFL) featuring the league's star players.

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Professional boxing

Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing.

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Public health nursing

Public health nursing, also known as community health nursing is a nursing specialty focused on public health.

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Racial segregation in the United States

Facilities and services such as housing, healthcare, education, employment, and transportation have been systematically separated in the United States based on racial categorizations.

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Ruth Samuelson

Ruth Culbertson Samuelson (November 4, 1959 – January 23, 2017) was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly, representing the 104th district in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2007 to 2015. From 2000 to 2004, Samuelson served as a member of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners, representing the Fifth District.

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Safety (S), historically known as a safetyman, is a position in gridiron football on the defense.

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San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners and nicknamed the Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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State school

A state school, public school, or government school is a primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge.

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Steve Wilks

Steven Bernard Wilks (born August 8, 1969) is an American football coach and former player.

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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 402 U.S. 1 (1971), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case dealing with the busing of students to promote integration in public schools.

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The Charlotte Observer

The Charlotte Observer is an American newspaper serving Charlotte, North Carolina, and its metro area.

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Thereasea Elder

Thereasea Delerine "T.

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Tight end

The tight end (TE) is an offensive position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football.

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Trent Guy

Trenton Guy (born August 22, 1987) is a former American football slotback.

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United States Attorney

United States attorneys are officials of the U.S. Department of Justice who serve as the chief federal law enforcement officers in each of the 94 U.S. federal judicial districts.

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United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

The United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina (in case citations, W.D.N.C.) is a federal district court which covers the western third of North Carolina.

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Wali Rainer

Wali Rainer (born April 19, 1977) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL).

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WCNC-TV

WCNC-TV (channel 36) is a television station in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, affiliated with NBC.

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West Mecklenburg High School

West Mecklenburg High School, colloquially known as West Meck, is a high school located in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. West Charlotte High School and West Mecklenburg High School are public high schools in North Carolina.

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2000 Summer Olympics

The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2016–17 season.

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See also

1938 establishments in North Carolina

• Devereaux Meadow
• Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse
• Duke University Marine Laboratory
• John Carlyle and Anita Sherrill House
• Marching Sound Machine
• Mayodan Millers
• Nicholas School of the Environment
• North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women
• Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
• Valdese News
• West Charlotte High School
• Western Carolina University Pride of the Mountains Marching Band
• Wyndham Championship

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Charlotte_High_School

Also known as West Charlotte High.

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