Pitt County Schools In Court
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will hear arguments today in a case involving desegregation in Pitt County, the district that includes Greenville.Dave DeWitt: Pitt County is one of...
View ArticleSaluting the Montford Point Marines
The U.S. Marine Corps remained segregated until 1948. The first group to break the color barrier was a group of African-American men who trained at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, NC. They became known...
View ArticleThe Triangle Prays, Serves And Teaches In Dr. King’s Memory
The Reverend Martin Luther King Junior is remembered today for his dedication to racial equality and social justice. Many groups across North Carolina are gathering to march, pray, and volunteer in...
View Article[Listen] Newly Discovered Images Document KKK Rally In Chapel Hill, 1987
The pictures capture a day that many in Chapel Hill, NC would like to forget. White-hooded figures marching carefree down Franklin Street. It was the day the KKK came to town: June 15, 1987.About 60...
View ArticleSegregation Again
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Brown V. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court decision that ushered in the era of school desegregation.
View ArticleMapping Inequality: How Redlining Is Still Affecting Inner Cities
After the stock market crash of 1929, Americans across the country were in danger of losing their houses to foreclosure. The federal government stepped in, providing bonds for homeowners to refinance...
View ArticleMeet Dudley Flood, Champion Of Desegregation In North Carolina
It had been 15 years since the Brown v. Board of Education decision that struck down segregation in schools. But in 1969, most public schools in North Carolina were still segregated, so when...
View ArticleThe Secret Game
On a Sunday morning in March 1944, most of Durham, North Carolina, was in church. That's the way basketball coach John McLendon wanted it when his all-black college team from North Carolina Central...
View ArticleWhat Is Your Experience With Race In NC?
From Ferguson to Baltimore, events have unfolded across the country with race at center stage.American media coverage has reported on protests and investigated lethal altercations between black males...
View ArticleUnlearning The Racist Lessons Of A Southern Childhood
Jim Grimsley was an 11-year-old boy growing up in Jones County, North Carolina, when the first black children enrolled in his all-white school.It was more than 10 years after Brown v. Board of...
View ArticleRemembering The Fight For School Desegregation in Franklin County
Franklin County Public Schools are one of a handful of districts in the state bound by court desegregation orders. The federal orders are what helps keeps the schools among the most racially balanced...
View ArticleIn Franklin County, Federal Court Orders Keep Schools Desegregated
Over the last couple of decades, many of North Carolina’s public schools have become increasingly segregated. But in Franklin County, it’s a different story.The district stands out as having some of...
View ArticlePitt County Schools In Court
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will hear arguments today in a case involving desegregation in Pitt County, the district that includes Greenville. Dave DeWitt: Pitt County is one of...
View ArticleSaluting the Montford Point Marines
The U.S. Marine Corps remained segregated until 1948. The first group to break the color barrier was a group of African-American men who trained at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, NC. They became known...
View ArticleA Lifelong Friendship Of Civil Rights Activist And Ku Klux Klan Member
In 1971, civil rights activist, Ann Atwater, and ku klux klan grand exalted cyclops, C.P. Ellis chaired a community meeting to handle violence in the recently desegregated Durham school system. And...
View ArticleThe Triangle Prays, Serves And Teaches In Dr. King’s Memory
The Reverend Martin Luther King Junior is remembered today for his dedication to racial equality and social justice. Many groups across North Carolina are gathering to march, pray, and volunteer in...
View Article[Listen] Newly Discovered Images Document KKK Rally In Chapel Hill, 1987
The pictures capture a day that many in Chapel Hill, NC would like to forget. White-hooded figures marching carefree down Franklin Street. It was the day the KKK came to town: June 15, 1987. About 60...
View ArticleSegregation Again
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Brown V. Board of Education , the landmark Supreme Court decision that ushered in the era of school desegregation.
View ArticleMapping Inequality: How Redlining Is Still Affecting Inner Cities
After the stock market crash of 1929, Americans across the country were in danger of losing their houses to foreclosure. The federal government stepped in, providing bonds for homeowners to refinance...
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