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Mike Parker: The Little Red Pocketbook puts ‘separate but equal’ in perspective

(Video Documentary Included)

I knew a little about Adkin High School. For instance, Adkin High was the first high school for African-American students east of Raleigh. The school opened in the fall of 1928 and it operated until 1970.

The students planned the walk-out by themselves. They did not want any of their teachers or administrators to be implicated in their actions – nor did they want their teachers to try to stop them. When their concerns were ignored at the school board meeting the evening of Nov. 19, 1951 the walk-out was set for the next day.