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Monroe is a city in Union County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 26,228 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Union CountyGR6. Monroe Regional Airport is 5 miles NW of Monroe.

The Monroe chapter of the NAACP, led by Robert F. Williams, has a notable history in the Civil Rights Movement. The NAACP worked to integrate the community swimming pools and Williams would defend two young black boys jailed for kissing a white girl in what was known as the kissing case. Williams and the Black Armed Guard renewed black interest in self-defense as a tactic for survival and political struggle. Williams would later be accused of kidnapping a white couple who accidentally drove through the black part of Monroe. He left the United States and would live majority of his life in exile; among the nations he lived in was Fidel Castro's Cuba, whose government he praised. The State of North Carolina eventually dropped the legal charges against Williams.