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1955 Brown v. Board of Education Ruling

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The Brown v. Board of Education ruling issued by the Supreme Court on May 31st, 1955, which deemed "separate but equal" schools unconstitutional. This reversed the 1897 Plessy v. Ferguson ruling which had enshrined racial segregation in American…

Lincoln Heights

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An editorial from the Wilkes Journal Patriot, arguing that the Lincoln Heights Recreation Corporation should gain ownership of the school.

Lincoln Heights School, date unknown.

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"Within these walls great service was rendered." An early photograph of Lincoln Heights.

Two women and a boy

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A photograph of two women and a boy from the African Community of Asheville.

Girl Scouts at Lincoln Heights

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Girl Scouts greet North Carolina governor Terry Sanford during his visit to Lincoln Heights, 1962.