Greater Than Equal: African-American Struggles For School Integration

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Greater Than Equal: African-American Struggles For School Integration

吉彩网网站 | By Nicole Campbell,

Frank Stasio

Published October 8, 2013 at 10:09 AM EDT

The struggle for education equality in North Carolina was hard-fought for more than four decades.

It was not only a struggle for facilities that were equal to white schools, but a fight for integration and civic inclusion. Host Frank Stasio talks with Sarah Caroline Thuesen, author of 鈥溾€� and a professor of history at Guilford College.

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