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Author: Adrienne Dunn

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Pearsall Plan

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The United States Supreme Court’s ruling in the Brown v Board of Education (1954) declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Following the Brown ruling, North Carolina enacted legislation that undermined the Supreme Court ruling. In August 1954 and in response to the Brown decision, Governor William B. Umstead created a “Governor’s Special Advisory Committee on Education,” with Thomas Pearsall, a prominent Rocky Mount farmer and businessman and former North Carolina Speaker of the House, as chairman.  Along with Pearsall, the advisory committee included twelve whites and three blacks.

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A Publisher's Confession

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Written by Walter Hines Page in 1905, A Publisher’s Confession details the faults and errors of his literary peers. Writing anonymously, Hines was able to disclose his personal views of publishers.

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The Southerner

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In this fictional autobiography of Nicholas Worth, Walter Hines Page depicts the unsuccessful attempts of a Harvard- educated Progressive and Southerner to usher in education reforms in his native state.  Many parts of this fictional work indicate what Page’s ideas regarding educational reform and his experiences in North Carolina.  

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The Rebuilding of Old Commonwealths

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In this compilation, Walter Hines Page includes three essays discussing democracy and education in the South: “The Forgotten Man,” “The School That Built a Town,” and the publication’s namesake, “The Rebuilding of Old Commonwealths.”

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Baker, Ella (1903 - 1986)

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A North Carolina native, Ella Baker played a key role in the Civil Rights Movement and in forming the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee at Shaw University.  

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Contraband Camps

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Before the end of the Civil War, as Union troops occupied more and more of North Carolina during the Civil War, more and more slaves fled to Union lines to live in what were then called contraband camps.  Contrabands (freedmen) were escaped slaves from the Confederate territory into Union territory.