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George Wallace on the federal court system: A short excerpt from a 1974 interview between Walter de Vries and Alabama Governor George Wallace. This interview took place at the beginning of Wallace’s third term as governor. Jack Bass, another interviewer, asks Governor Wallace a question about a quote...; Format: audio

Jesse Helms on busing: In this oral history excerpt of an interview between Jack Bass and Senator Jesse Helms in 1974, Jesse Helms addresses busing and racial antagonisms.; Format: audio

Ned Irons on desegregation: Ned Irons is a white student who attended West Charlotte High School in Charlotte, North Carolina during the late 1990s, many years after the Swann ruling had forced the school to integrate in the early 1970s but before busing ended in 2001. West Charlotte...; Format: audio/interview

Latrelle MacAllister on desegregation: Latrelle MacAllister is an African-American woman who attended West Charlotte High School in Charlotte, North Carolina from 1973 until 1976, during the first years of integration. She speaks about her experiences of both segregated and integrated schools during...; Format: audio/interview

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education: Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 402 U.S. 1 (1971) was an important United States Supreme Court case dealing with the busing of students to promote integration in public schools.; Format: court decision/primary source

Desegregating public schools: Integrated vs. neighborhood schools: In this high school lesson plan, students will learn about the history of the "separate but equal" U.S. school system and the 1971 Swann case which forced Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to integrate. Students will examine the pros and cons of integration achieved through busing, and will write an argumentative essay drawing on information from oral histories.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.

A record of school desegregation: Conduct your own oral history project: In this unit for grade 8, students will research the history of school desegregation, and will use their knowledge to conduct oral history interviews with community members. Students will reflect on the experience through writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.

Ned Irons oral history excerpt: Ned Irons is a white student who attended West Charlotte High School in Charlotte, NC during the late 1990s, many years after the Swann ruling required the school to integrate in the early 1970s, but before busing ended in 2001. West Charlotte is a traditionally...; Format: audio/interview

Latrelle McAllister oral history excerpt: Latrelle McAllister is an African-American woman who attended West Charlotte High School from 1973 until 1976, during the first years of integration. She speaks about her experiences of both segregated and integrated schools during her interview, and compares...; Format: audio/interview

Brown versus Board of Education: Rhetoric and realities: In this lesson, students will listen to three oral histories that shed light on political and personal reactions toward the 1954 Supreme Court ruling Brown versus Board of Education. Includes a teacher's guide as well as the oral history audio excerpts and transcripts.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Midwives and herbal medicine: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 2.3; Excerpts from the medicine recipe book of Rachel Allen, who lived near Snow Camp, North Carolina, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, show how residents of the backcountry treated wounds, illness, and disease.; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

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