/tags/desegregation Desegregation en-US Copyright Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:23:30 GMT /politics/2019-12-19/remembering-wense-grabarek-mayor-of-durham-during-integration Former mayor of Durham, Wensell “Wense” Grabarek, died on Sunday, Dec. 15 at the age of 100.Grabarek entered office just as the Civil Rights movement… Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:23:30 GMT /politics/2019-12-19/remembering-wense-grabarek-mayor-of-durham-during-integration Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-12-19/remembering-wense-grabarek-mayor-of-durham-during-integration Former mayor of Durham, Wensell “Wense” Grabarek, died on Sunday, Dec. 15 at the age of 100.Grabarek entered office just as the Civil Rights movement… Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:23:30 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-12-19/remembering-wense-grabarek-mayor-of-durham-during-integration Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /news/2018-01-03/black-student-who-helped-desegregate-unc-dies-at-80 LeRoy Frasier, who along with his brother and another high school student was among the first African-American undergraduate students to successfully… Wed, 03 Jan 2018 14:27:18 GMT /news/2018-01-03/black-student-who-helped-desegregate-unc-dies-at-80 Associated Press /race-demographics/2017-12-14/two-women-recount-going-to-school-in-durham-during-integration A few years ago, Cindy Waszak Geary and LaHoma Smith Romocki were sitting together in their writing group when they realized that not only did they both… Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:16:49 GMT /race-demographics/2017-12-14/two-women-recount-going-to-school-in-durham-during-integration Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-12-14/two-women-recount-going-to-school-in-durham-during-integration A few years ago, Cindy Waszak Geary and LaHoma Smith Romocki were sitting together in their writing group when they realized that not only did they both… Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:16:49 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-12-14/two-women-recount-going-to-school-in-durham-during-integration Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /education/2015-12-01/in-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… Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:26:29 GMT /education/2015-12-01/in-franklin-county-federal-court-orders-keep-schools-desegregated Reema Khrais /education/2015-11-30/remembering-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… Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:21:08 GMT /education/2015-11-30/remembering-the-fight-for-school-desegregation-in-franklin-county Reema Khrais /education/2015-05-21/unlearning-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… Thu, 21 May 2015 15:52:14 GMT /education/2015-05-21/unlearning-the-racist-lessons-of-a-southern-childhood Hady Mawajdeh, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2015-05-21/unlearning-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… Thu, 21 May 2015 15:52:14 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-05-21/unlearning-the-racist-lessons-of-a-southern-childhood Hady Mawajdeh, Frank Stasio /politics/2015-04-30/what-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… Thu, 30 Apr 2015 14:00:25 GMT /politics/2015-04-30/what-is-your-experience-with-race-in-nc Charlie Shelton-Ormond