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The N.C. Supreme Court gave a boost to school choice efforts on Thursday by declaring that the state's fledgling Opportunity Scholarships Program met constitutional muster.
Published: Thursday, July 30th, 2015 @ 4:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Umstead (pictured here) allowed the "Governor's Special Advisory Committee on Education" to respond to the Brown decision. Image courtesy of the State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, March 9th, 2014 @ 8:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the U.S. Supreme Court issued the Brown v. Board of Education decision, Umstead appointed a biracial committee to study the most effective way to accomplish integration in North Carolina schools.
Published: Sunday, March 9th, 2014 @ 11:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Rev. William Barber, president of the NC NAACP and initiator of the Moral Monday protests, continued his attack Tuesday on what he called "a monster voter suppression bill" and likened efforts to award Opportunity Scholarships to children from low-income families to segregationist actions of...
Published: Friday, February 28th, 2014 @ 12:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most North Carolinians believe the Civil Rights Movement occurred strictly in the 1960s, with the start of the Sit-Ins at the Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2013 @ 4:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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