Tonight, NVHS holding an event Hopelessly Devoted To You, and this weekend, Oxford is holding an art festival, there’s a bike ride event at the Henderson Moose Lodge, at the fairgrounds is the NC Agfest. Check out our calendar page for details, and be sure you let us know of any events going on the area!
On this week in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued one of its most historic decisions, changing the social landscape of the nation forever. The justices ruled unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education that segregation of public schools based solely on race was unconstitutional. The ruling effectively did away with the “separate but equal” concept. The case was argued by Thurgood Marshall, who later became the first African-American Supreme Court justice. In the early 1950s, 15 percent of adult blacks were high school graduates. That figure is now 81 percent. Then, only 2 percent had college diplomas; now the rate has risen to 18 percent. Profile America is beginning its 16thyear as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.
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It looks like John Edwards may be in a heap of trouble with the jury–they’ve asked for some of his email and other correspondence I believe. Watch out John–they don’t give $500.00 haircuts in prison–just sayin’.