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Academies for boys and for girls: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.10; In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 4.2; Various newspaper advertisements for academies or boarding schools in the Piedmont of North Carolina between 1838 and 1840. Includes historical commentary.; Format: newspaper/primary source

African American college students, 1906: In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.7; Records of pupils at the North Carolina Colored State Normal Schools (now Winston-Salem State University, Fayetteville State University, and Elizabeth City State University), 1906, with information about parents' occupations and how students paid their expenses. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book/primary source

African American home demonstration: An African American home demonstration agent is pictured demonstrating child care skills to African American girls in this back and white photograph from the 1930s. The demonstration took place in front of a clapboard building. The students are seated and...; Format: image/photograph

Archibald Murphey proposes a system of public education: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.6; Report of a joint legislative committee, 1817, laying out a complete plan for statewide public education, including primary schools, academies, and the University of North Carolina. Includes historical commentary.; Format: report/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Athletics: In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.9; As the urban middle and working classes grew in the late nineteenth century, so did their desire for leisure activities. The result was a growth in sports and athletics. Includes early motion pictures of school athletics.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

A Bill to Prevent All Persons from Teaching Slaves to Read or Write, the Use of Figures Excepted (1830): In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.9; Law enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly, 1830. Includes historical commentary.; Format: legislation/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

The Biltmore Forest School: In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.8; The pioneering Biltmore Forest School emerged from George Vanderbilt's desire for scientific management of the forests around Biltmore Estate.; Format: article

Biltmore Forestry School, schoolhouse interior: Biltmore Forestry School, Schoolhouse, Brevard vicinity, Transylvania County, NC; Format: image/photograph

Brown v. Board of Education and school desegregation: In Postwar North Carolina, page 4.1; The 1955 Supreme Court decision overturned the 1890 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, ruling that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" and forcing the integration of schools across the nation.; Format: article

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas: In Brown versus Board of Education: Rhetoric and realities, page 2.5; In Postwar North Carolina, page 4.2; The text of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.; Format: court decision

Charlotte Hawkins Brown: In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 5.9; Charlotte Hawkins Brown (1883–1961) founded the Palmer Memorial Institute, a school for African Americans, and devoted her life to the improvement of the African American community's social standing.; Format: biography

Charlotte Hawkins Brown's rules for school: In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 5.10; In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 3.8; Rules for students from a book by Charlotte Hawkins Brown, founder of the Palmer Memorial Institute. Includes historical background.; Format: book/primary source

Cherokee mission schools: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.8; Description of Spring Place, a Moravian mission to the Cherokee that operated from 1801 to 1833. Describes the education received by Cherokee boys and girls for the purpose of "civilizing" them. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book/primary source

Colonial North Carolina: Colonial North Carolina from the establishment of the Carolina in 1663 to the eve of the American Revolution in 1763. Compares the original vision for the colony with the way it actually developed. Covers the people who settled North Carolina; the growth of institutions, trade, and slavery; the impact of colonization on American Indians; and significant events such as Culpeper's Rebellion, the Tuscarora War, and the French and Indian Wars.; Format: book (multiple pages)

The Colored State Normal Schools: In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.6; Excerpt from the catalog of the North Carolina Colored State Normal Schools (now Winston-Salem State University, Fayetteville State University, and Elizabeth City State University), 1906. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book/primary source

Desegregation pioneers: In Postwar North Carolina, page 4.5; Interviews with African American women who participated in the process of school desegregation: two women who attended desegregated schools in North Carolina, and Daisy Bates, head of the Arkansas chapter of the NAACP in the 1950s. Includes historical background.; Format: interview/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by Dayna Durbin Gleaves.

Education: In Postwar North Carolina, page 9.3; Third part of an oral history interview with Rebecca Clark, an African American who was born in rural Orange County just before the Depression and witnessed the changes in civil rights over the years.; Format: interview; Commentary and sidebar notes by Kristin Post.

Education and literacy in Edgecombe County, 1810: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.4; In this 1810 letter, Jeremiah Battle of Edgecombe County describes the lack of education in eastern North Carolina and the consequences for society and politics. Includes historical commentary.; Format: letter/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

The "education governor": In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 2.4; Excerpt from the inaugural address of North Carolina Governor Charles Brantley Aycock in which he talks about the importance of education. Historical commentary addresses the tensions between Aycock's views on education and his views on race.; Format: speech/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert and L. Maren Wood.

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