Continuing the Quest for History Untold!
CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Remembering George Washington Carver High School
This five-banner historical exhibit, a community memory captured by Lance Wheeler, serves as a pop-up museum that travels throughout Cabarrus and Rowan County, NC, and beyond sharing stories, from a historical perspective, of a place where students entered to learn and departed to serve.
"Remembering G. W. Carver High School"
G. W. Carver Historial Landmark
Historical Marker - Site of Georrge Washington Carver High School (1937-1967): First public high school in Kannapolis for Black youth. Accreditation granted 1940, outstanding achievements by graduates, built by William Lee Reid, Principal, a dedicated faculty, staff and very supportive community.
Remembering George Washington Carver High School
- The Beginning
- Making the Community a Family
- Education Beyond the Classroom
- Center of the Community
Separate and Unequal: The Era of Jim Crow
Separate and Unequal: The Era of Jim Crow
- Separation in the South
- Segregated School System
- Living in the Jim Crow Era
The Beginning of the Road to Success
From Segregation to Integration: Dawn of a New Era
Separate and Unequal: The Era of Jim Crow
- From Preparation to Graduation
- A Product of G. W. Carver
From Segregation to Integration: Dawn of a New Era
From Segregation to Integration: Dawn of a New Era
From Segregation to Integration: Dawn of a New Era
- Two Landmark Decisions
- Start of Desegregation
- A New Look: G. W. Carver School
The Legacy Continues
From Segregation to Integration: Dawn of a New Era
From Segregation to Integration: Dawn of a New Era
- G.W. Carver Becomes a Jr. High School
- Community Memory
- Preserving a Legacy