Children of the Struggle

Stories of school desegregation in Burke County, North Carolina

Collection Timeline

1961 to 2025

1961	West Concord Mothers Present at Morganton Board of Aldermen Special Meeting of the Morganton Board of Aldermen, Town Council, and West Concord Mothers "Board Tells Negros: No Transportation to School Allowed" by John W. Beach, News Herald Article
1963	"Sees No Racial Progress" by John E. Fleming, Letter to News Herald Editor "City School Board Assigns Negros" by Dorothy Cable, News Herald Article "Decision Has Been Expected" by Stanley Moore, News Herald Editorial
1964	"Practicing and Preaching" by Mildred Largent, Letter to News Herald Editor
1965
2005	"Growing Up When Things Were Black and White" by Kerri McFalls, News Herald Article "Remembering a Time Past" by Loretta Whiteside, News Herald Article "Seven Mothers Shared One Goal: A Better Education" by Sharon McBrayer, News Herald Article
2006	"Mildred Largent" by Erma McGimpsey, News Herald Article
2012	"A Powder Keg that Could Very Easily Explode": Race, Paternalism, and Protest in Morganton, North Carolina "The Fight for Equality: It was a Long Road to a Desegregated Burke County" by Cheryl M. Shuffler, News Herald Article
2015	Seven Mothers: New Day Christian Church Script, a program by Gary Harbison
2017	Children of the Struggle: The Desegregation of Burke County, N.C. Public Schools
2022	Andrea Chambers Lytle and Jeannie Chambers Logan Oral History "The West Concord Mothers: Coming into the Light," by Leslie D. McKesson, News Herald Article Artie McKesson Logan Oral History Richard Johnson, Christobel Johnson, and Andrea Chambers Lytle Oral History
2023	The Journey for Equality Timeline
2024	Allen Fullwood Oral History Carol Largent Oral History Carol Poole Oral History Charles McKesson Oral History Doris Fullwood Oral History Nancy Phifer Oral History Rita Rankin Oral History Ruth Roseboro Oral History Tommy Carpenter Oral History Report on Integration and the Impact of Poverty and Cultural Barriers in Morganton City Schools: Impact Statement
2025	A Change Has Come: Impact Statement