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Charlotte high school at center of desegregation sees flip in racial makeup as key players recount...
WJZY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – For more than 100 years schools in America were segregated based...
‘Low-Hanging Fruit’: Thousands of Same-Race Schools Within Miles of Each Other
The 74 via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSedgefield Middle School and Alexander Graham Middle School are just a few miles apart and feed into...
After starting as a dream, McCrorey Heights grew into a neighborhood full of notables
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOne of Charlotte’s most historically significant Black communities was — and continues to be — home...
New mural honors Julius L. Chambers’ work for civil rights
WSOC via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA new mural unveiled Friday at Charlotte’s Julius L. Chambers High School is honoring the school’s...
70 years ago, school integration was a dream many believed could actually happen. It hasn't
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSeventy years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separating children in schools by race was...
Blazing a trail: A timeline of North Carolina NAACP’s history, activism
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 2 years agoFrom fighting to integrate North Carolina’s schools to suing the state over laws that affected Black...
Parents’ Bill of Rights: Amid Hot Debate, Democrats File Alternative to GOP Bill
The 74 via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUpdated In response to the Republicans’ controversial parental rights bill, House Democrats plan to...