Desegregation Coverage

Meet the woman whose action allowed for integration at Edenton schools
Gail Johnson Rountree tells her story about being the first black student to enter an all-white elementary school in Edenton and how it impacted the rest of her life.

CBC OPINION
MARY ANN WOLF: The intersection of equity and education
Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 -- Achieving equitable access to high quality education for all requires that every child has what they need to be successful, that oppressive systems are dismantled and structural inequities are redressed. We can begin this process by working toward the goal of ensuring that all children have equitable access to a sound basic education, as defined in the Leandro case and as guaranteed by our state constitution.

Abandoned school: Local park built inside decades-old shell of segregated school
If you've ever played in the game room or walked the track at the popular Hunt Recreation Center in Holly Springs, you may not realize it, but you've stood on an important piece of Black history.

This Day in History: University of Alabama is desegregated (June 11, 1963)
Alabama Governor George Wallace finally ended his blockade of two black students into the university, located in Tuscaloosa, on this date in 1963.

Memorial unveiled to honor late civil rights advocate
Forty-eight years after the death of Louis Austin, the small town of Enfield in Halifax County is unveiling a memorial to honor the life of a civil rights advocate.

Memorial unveiled to honor late civil rights advocate
Forty-eight years after the death of Louis Austin, the small town of Enfield in Halifax County is unveiling a memorial to honor the life of a civil rights advocate.

This day in history: Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated
On April 4,1968, Dr. King was shot and killed as he stood on the second floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. The "apostle of nonviolence" had gone to Memphis in support of a sanitation workers' strike.

Weekend best bets: Beer and Bacon, Dreamville and food trucks
The weather should be beautiful for this jam-packed spring weekend!

Desegregation film with Durham roots premieres soon
In the 1970s, in the midst of racial division, a Durham civil rights activist and a Ku Klux Klan leader came together to change history.

The Best of Enemies: New film tells story of desegregation in Durham
In the 1970s, in the midst of racial division, a Durham civil rights activist and a Ku Klux Klan leader came together to change history.