/tags/school-integration school integration en-US Copyright Fri, 17 May 2024 16:39:14 GMT /race-class-communities/2024-05-17/last-undergrad-college-student-integrate-unc-died The final surviving member of a trio of African American youths who were the first to desegregate the undergraduate student body at North Carolina's flagship public university has died. Ralph Frasier died last week in Florida at age 85. Fri, 17 May 2024 16:39:14 GMT /race-class-communities/2024-05-17/last-undergrad-college-student-integrate-unc-died Associated Press /news/2024-02-29/joseph-holt-black-teen-integration-efforts-north-carolina-schools A family in Raleigh was one of the first to fight to get their son Joseph Holt Jr. into an all-white school in the 1950s. As part of Black History Month, Wake County libraries highlighted the family as well as State Administrator Dudley Flood, who traveled across North Carolina assisting schools with integration. Thu, 29 Feb 2024 21:11:30 GMT /news/2024-02-29/joseph-holt-black-teen-integration-efforts-north-carolina-schools Sharryse Piggott /education/2020-08-10/janet-perez-wants-you-to-unsee-the-illusion-of-school-integration How do visually impaired students learn best in a virtual classroom? That is Janet Perez’s job to figure out this year. She is the instructional and… Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:57:18 GMT /education/2020-08-10/janet-perez-wants-you-to-unsee-the-illusion-of-school-integration Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-08-10/janet-perez-wants-you-to-unsee-the-illusion-of-school-integration How do visually impaired students learn best in a virtual classroom? That is Janet Perez’s job to figure out this year. She is the instructional and… Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:57:18 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-08-10/janet-perez-wants-you-to-unsee-the-illusion-of-school-integration Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2019-10-28/meet-irwin-holmes-from-tennis-with-arthur-ashe-to-putting-men-in-space Irwin Holmes had the early makings of an all-around star. He graduated third in his class at Hillside High School in 1956 at the age of 15. In addition to… Mon, 28 Oct 2019 16:19:24 GMT /race-demographics/2019-10-28/meet-irwin-holmes-from-tennis-with-arthur-ashe-to-putting-men-in-space Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-28/meet-irwin-holmes-from-tennis-with-arthur-ashe-to-putting-men-in-space Irwin Holmes had the early makings of an all-around star. He graduated third in his class at Hillside High School in 1956 at the age of 15. In addition to… Mon, 28 Oct 2019 16:19:24 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-28/meet-irwin-holmes-from-tennis-with-arthur-ashe-to-putting-men-in-space Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-04-12/from-book-to-blockbuster-the-best-of-enemies-brings-durham-history-to-the-screen Hollywood loves to feed us stories of good friendships and happy endings. At first glance, "The Best of Enemies" seems to fit that mold. The film tells… Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:34:35 GMT /arts-culture/2019-04-12/from-book-to-blockbuster-the-best-of-enemies-brings-durham-history-to-the-screen Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-04-12/from-book-to-blockbuster-the-best-of-enemies-brings-durham-history-to-the-screen Hollywood loves to feed us stories of good friendships and happy endings. At first glance, "The Best of Enemies" seems to fit that mold. The film tells… Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:34:35 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-04-12/from-book-to-blockbuster-the-best-of-enemies-brings-durham-history-to-the-screen Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio