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second ward.insidecover.jpg
This is the spread taken from a yearbook depicting the front doors to Second Ward School in Charlotte, NC.

table5.jpg
In 1948, the NAACP hired a professor from Howard University to study Charlotte schools in order to document the inequality. In this graph, school subjects taught in white schools often did not appear in black schools.

table10.jpg
This is a graph prepared by Dr. Martin Jenkins for the NAACP in his report on the state of inequality in Charlotte schools in 1948. This graph depicts physical inequality, such as the presence of a gymnasium at each white school but not at the black…

hodges.jpg
This is a photograph of Luther Hodges, governor of North Carolina through much of the 1950s. He is seen here sitting down and speaking at an event.

payne.10.11.67.jpg
This is a political cartoon drawn on 10/11/1967 by the Charlotte Observer's Eugene Payne. A surprised tortoise labeled "Deep South School Integration" is surprised by a firecracker detonated by the arm of the Supreme Court.

payne.10.31.69.jpg
This is another cartoon drawn by Eugene Payne. A trick-or-treater with the appearance of someone old is at the door of the federal court. The bomb of "Recent Court Ruling" is about to be given to the school board.

hodges.pamphlet1.jpg
Governor Luther Hodges spoke out against desegregation and called for North Carolinians to promote "voluntary segregation" even after the Supreme Court order made such action illegal. This brochure contains a radio speech Hodges made on the issue in…

3.10.15.secondward.jpg
This is a brightly painted postcard featuring Second Ward School, one of the two main black schools in Charlotte.

NAACPsupportsFederalAidFor.jpg
This is the cover of an NAACP pamphlet advocating for federal aid to only go to schools who have complied with the orders to desegregate schools.

Stoplight.jpg
This image displays the cover of a booklet printed in 1959 in response to the threat of the Pearsall Plan in North Carolina. A stoplight appears on the left side of the cover.
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