Greater than Equal: African American Struggles for Schools and Citizenship in North Carolina, 1919-1965

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Greater Than Equal Greater Than Equal AfricAn AmericAn StruggleS for SchoolS And citizenShip in north cArolinA, 1919–1965 Sarah Caroline Thuesen The University of North Carolina Press / Chapel Hill © 2013 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Set in Utopia and Aller types by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thuesen, Sarah Caroline. Greater than equal : African American struggles for schools and citizenship in North Carolina, 1919–1965 / Sarah Caroline Thuesen. page cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. iSBn 978-0-8078-3930-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. African Americans—Education—North Carolina—History— 20th century. 2. African Americans—North Carolina—Politics and government— 20th century. 3. Segregation in education—North Carolina—History—20th century. 4. Education—North Carolina—History—20th century. 5. Public schools— North Carolina—History—20th century. I. Title. lc2802.n8t58 2013 371.829′960756—dc23 2013004074 17 16 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1 For my children, Henry and Ida, and their generation of schoolchildren This page intentionally left blank ...