“The war finally came to an end with a treaty.”

“25,000 people made up the Tuscarora Tribe.”

“The arrival of colonists changed the Tuscarora’s peoples’ whole world. The colonists

stole land that belonged to their families and ancestors for many generations and claimed

them as their own.”

“The Tuscarora have their own language, religion, culture, and traditions.”

“Many Native American tribes including the Tuscarora, Cherokee, and Catawba tribes have

lived on the land of North Carolina for a very long time.”

“Colonists who escaped to present day North Carolina went through hard times. They

worked hard to buy land and own the land. They used land for farming to survive.”

“European settlers were able to create the first  town of North Carolina known as New

Bern.”

“The colonists continued to expand and grow.”

The Tuscarora won the war and were able to stay on their land.

The Tuscarora were able to work with the colonists and share the land that they occupied.

The Tuscarora signed a treaty which allowed them to keep all of their land.

The Tuscarora lost the war and many of them moved away from North Carolina.

North Carolina immediately acted to make sure that students of different races attended

schools together.

The majority of North Carolina schools remained very segregated. Black students

sometimes had to walk further to attend all Black schools when there was a school closer

to their homes.

The state of North Carolina made sure all Black students were able to attend equal

schools as white students.

The state of North Carolina has always given Black and white students equal treatment.

“In 1971, Federal Judge James McMillan ordered the Charlotte Board of Education to use

buses to integrate schools and the Supreme Court agreed. Students were assigned to

different schools and buses took them to their assigned schools.”

“The case, along with others, traveled all the way to Federal Court. It was found that many

of Charlotte's schools were not integrated.”

“An African American man named Julius Swann, a professor at Johnson C. Smith

University wanted his son to attend an integrated school. The school board kept

assigning his son to the all Black school.”

“Even though Brown Vs. Board of Education was passed in 1954. It took many years for

schools to become desegregated.”

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Bright moments in history of the people of the state are revealed.

Past mistakes and errors of the people of the state are revealed.

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These institutions allowed students to select paths of learning, when other institutions

did not allow such learning.

HBCUs were institutions accepting and welcoming female students.

These institutions were the only higher educational institutions admitting black students.

BCUs were created to be model examples of how institutions should prepare students to

be effective citizens of North Carolina.

In 1776, North Carolina's first state constitution included a rule to allow for public

support of education.”

“The school was requested by the Lumbee tribe and other native peoples in the state.”

“The same students were welcomed at HBCUs.”

“Salem College is the oldest female college in the country.”