Integration and the disappearance of Black teachers Wednesday, April 28, 2021 In an undated photograph developed from film brought to George Dexter Sherrill’s Waynesville studio for developing in the early 1900s, an African American man leans on a school bus. Hunter Library, Western Carolina University photo
For Lin Forney, the end of fourth grade was the end of an era.
The year was 1963, and the world was changing. Nine years earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision struck down the “separate-but-equal” precedent that allowed racial segregation in schools, and the Civil Rights movement was spurring change or at least talk of it in communities across the South. Now, that change was coming home to Haywood County. The schools were desegregating.
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Elizabeth McRae (Michael Bradley)
Elizabeth McRae, at 84, still enchants audiences all over New Zealand, and thanks to the far-reaches of the Internet, those of us in other countries as well. Her most recent recurring role is in the long-running TV series, The Brokenwood Mysteries. Elizabeth s acting career has been ongoing for almost 40 years.
For her services to the dramatic arts, Elizabeth was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to theatre. Well done, Elizabeth.
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