The 1954 case of Brown vs. the Board of Education ruled that racial segregation of public schools was unfair and unconstitutional. Although this landmark court ruling set the precedent for school integration in North Carolina, attainment of this goal was slow and contentious. On this edition of OPEN/net, we are discussing the history of school integration in North Carolina and the future of diversity for North Carolina's student body.

Tuesday
July 29, 2008
9-10 p.m.

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Dr. Dudley E. Flood
Member of the UNC Board of Governors, and former Associate State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Dr. Eugene Causby
Former executive director of the North Carolina School Boards Association and also a former Associate State Superintendent of Public Instruction

More information:

North Carolina Human Relations Commission
www.doa.nc.gov/hrc

US Department of Education: Office for Civil Rights
www.ed.gov/ocr
1-800-421-3481

North Carolina Department of Justice
www.ncdoj.com
1-877-5 NO-SCAM
1-877-566-7226

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
www.ncpublicschools.org
(919) 807- 3300

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