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1. Sweetie

Author

Lacy, Bridgette A.

Published
2009

2. North Carolina's recipe for growth: regional profile

Author

Lacy, Bridgette A. and Whigham-Desir, Majorie

Subjects
Charlotte, North Carolina -- Economic aspects, North Carolina -- Economic aspects, Durham, North Carolina -- Economic aspects, Hillshire Brands Co. -- Management, Dudley Products Inc. -- Management, Career development -- North Carolina -- Economic aspects, African American business enterprises -- North Carolina -- Economic aspects, African Americans -- North Carolina -- Economic aspects, Company business management, Business, general, Business, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, New Orleans Pelicans -- Management
Abstract

Mix a booming banking industr, a biotech presence and an appetite for big-time sports with a legacy of black business, and you have the makings of the next hot mecca [...]

Published
1996

3. The Outer Banks

Author

Lacy, Bridgette A.

Subjects
Coleman, Bessie -- Biography, Dunbar, Paul Laurence -- Biography, Outer Banks -- Description and travel, Museums, Art museums, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Description and travel
Abstract

Folks in North Carolina call the 130-mile stretch of shoreline running from Corolla to Ocracoke Island the Outer Banks. I call it the best spot in the state to hear [...]

Published
1995

4. Durham

Author

Lacy, Bridgette A.

Subjects
Durham, North Carolina -- Description and travel, Historic sites, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Description and travel
Abstract

Here John Merrick and other African-American businessmen founded the North Caroling Mutual Life Insurance Company, once the largest black-owned firm in America. The company's headquarters also housed the black-owned Mechanics [...]

Published
1995

5. Raleigh

Author

Lacy, Bridgette A.

Subjects
Day, Thomas -- Works, Raleigh, North Carolina -- Description and travel, Historic sites, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Description and travel, Works
Abstract

What do Marion Barry, mayor of Washington, D. C., Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund, and former Georgia legislator julian Bond have in common? They all gathered [...]

Published
1995

6. FICTION

Author

Lacy, Bridgette A.

Subjects
News, opinion and commentary
Published
1997

9. Somerset Place

Author

Lacy, Bridgette A.

Subjects
Historic sites, Slaves -- Humor and anecdotes, Plantations -- North Carolina, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Humor and anecdotes
Abstract

Many African Americans view plantations in one light only: as places of bondage and degradation, places where their ancestors were enslaved and mistreated. But at one plantation, Somerset Place, near [...]

Published
1995

11. Leafing Through Nightwoods.

Author

Lacy, Bridgette A.

Subjects
PUBLISHED reprints, BOOKS -- Reviews, FICTION
Abstract

A reprint of the article "Charles Frazier's new book keeps focus on Appalachia" by Bridgette A. Lacy, originally published in the September 30, 2011 issue of the "Raleigh News & Observer" of North Carolina, is presented. In it the novel "Nightwoods" by Charles Frazier, is reviewed.

Published
2011

12. 'A TRAGIC ERROR'

Author

Adler, Jerry, Campo-Flores, Arian, Lacy, Bridgette A., Smalley, Suzanne, Scelfo, Julie, Raymond, Joan, Underwood, Anne, Carmichael, Mary, and Juarez, Vanessa

Subjects
*MEDICAL errors, *HUMAN error, *FALLIBILITY, *DEATH, *MEDICAL malpractice, *SURGEONS, *HEART transplantation, *TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.
Abstract

Discusses the death of Jésica Santillán who was given a heart-lung transplant on February 7, 2003 which ended in her death due to physician error. Background information on Jésica; How she had come to Duke University Hospital; How Jésica's blood is type O while the organs given her were type A; Issues of tort reform and medical malpractice; Report made by the Institute of Medicine in 1999 finding that medical errors cause between 44,000 and 98,000 deaths in the United States annually; How the doctors tried to cover up the mistake even though it was discovered while Jésica was still in the operating room; Acute organ rejection in patients; Legal issues faced by the hospital and surgeons.

Published
2003

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