PEMBROKE, N.C., Sept. 9 -- The University of North Carolina at Pembroke issued the following news release:
As Jacob Worriax carefully turned the pages of archival documents inside the Library
of Congress,
he realized he was likely among the first people to examine some of the materials
in decades.
Among thousands of manuscripts documenting American life during the Great Depression,
the UNC
Pembroke junior kept encountering references to Lumbee folk hero Henry Berry Lowrie
- an
unexpected discovery that rewarded days of patient research.
"It was a lesson in perseverance," Worriax said. "I kept searching, and during the
last two days I
started seeing references to Henry Berry Lowrie appear. That's when I realized all
the work had
been wort...