Other examples Minority library experience

Jim Crow & Libraries in North Carolina Plessey v. Ferguson (1894)

1906 Charlotte Colored

1916 Durham Colored 2

1918 Laurinburg Negro 3

1926 Carnegie Negro (Greensboro) Wilmington Negro 5

1928 Asheville Colored Thomasville Negro Branch George Horton Branch (Winston Salem) Dunbar Branch (Henderson) Weldon Branch 10

1932 Lexington Negro Branch 11

1935 Richard D. Harrison (Raleigh) 12

1937 Colored Public (Hendersonville) Negro Branch (Salisbury) Colored Public (Warrenton) Colored Public (New Bern) Colored Public (Sanford) Colored Public (Rocky Mount) 18

1939 Colored Public (Shelby) Negro Reading Room (Tarboro) McRae Memorial (Leaksville/Eden) Hertford Colored (Winton) Hendersonville /1

1941 George W. Carver (Greenville) 22/1

1942 Colored Branch (Washington) James Walker Hood (Fayetteville) 24/1

1943 Brevard Street (Charlotte) 25/1

1944 Olive Hill (Morganton) Olive Hill (Morganton) Twelfth Street (Hickory) Twelfth Street (Hickory) Brown-Carver (Edenton) Brown-Carver (Edenton) Roanoke Colored (Manteo) Roanoke Colored (Manteo) Highland Public (Gastonia) Granville Colored (Oxford) Granville Colored (Oxford) Negro Branch (Roxboro) Negro Branch (Roxboro) Colored Public (Goldsboro) Colored Public (Goldsboro) Wilson County Negro 35/1 George Washington Carver (Concord)

1945 George Washington Carver (Lenoir) Orange County Negro (Hillsborough) 37/1

1947 Negro Branch (Asheboro) Negro Branch (Asheboro) Pender County Negro (Burgaw) 39/1

1948 Negro Branch (Monroe) Negro Branch (Monroe) Johnston County Negro (Clayton) Joseph Judkins (Hertford) Charlotte /2

1949 Negro Branch (Wadesboro) Negro Branch (Wadesboro) Negro Branch (Warsaw) Negro Branch (Warsaw) Caswell County Negro (Yanceyville) Pigeon Street Unit (Waynesville) Pigeon Street Unit (Waynesville) Kingsville Branch (Albemarle) Kingsville Branch (Albemarle) 47/2 The John Merrick (Clinton) The John Merrick (Clinton)

1950 Negro Branch (Columbia) Negro Branch (Columbia) Delta Public (Louisburg) 49/2

1951 Cale Memorial (Elizabeth City) Manteo Charlotte /4

1952 Gates County Negro (Gatesville) Selma Negro Smithfield Negro Northampton Negro Branch (Rich Square) Colored Branch (Rockingham) Negro Branch (Plymouth) Clayton /5

1953 Bertie County Negro (Windsor) Selma /6

1959 Duplin County Negro (Kenansville) Brown v. Topeka Plessey v. Ferguson (1894) Laurinburg Gastonia Morganton Smithfield Clinton Columbia Rockingham /13

1965 Brown v. Topeka Plessey v. Ferguson (1894) Civil Rights Act Rosenwald Branch (Brevard) Rosenwald Branch (Brevard) Elmwood Branch Fairview Branch Lincoln Homes Branch Woodcrest Branch (Goldsboro) Elmwood Branch Fairview Branch Lincoln Homes Branch Woodcrest Branch (Goldsboro) Bragtown Branch McDougald Terrace Branch John Avery Boys’ Club Branch (Durham) Bragtown Branch McDougald Terrace Branch John Avery Boys’ Club Branch (Durham) Winston Salem Greensboro Weldon Asheboro Kenansville Elizabeth City Wilson Louisburg /21 Chavis Heights Public Washington Terrace Branch (Raleigh) Chavis Heights Public Washington Terrace Branch (Raleigh)

Tarboro Brevard Asheville Lexington Thomasville Salisbury Leaksville Roxboro Hillsborough Lenoir Burgaw Yanceyville Gatesville Plymouth Windsor Goldsboro (4) 1966 Raleigh 1966 Winton Monroe /43

Wadesboro Rocky Mount Sanford Shelby Rich Square Hertford Concord Oxford Henderson New Bern /53

Wilmington Washington Fayetteville Goldsboro /57

Albemarle /58

Pigeon Street Unit (Waynesville) 1949 Pigeon Street Unit (Waynesville) 1949 Twelfth Street (Hickory) 1944 Twelfth Street (Hickory) 1944 Durham Colored 1916 Bragtown Branch McDougald Terrace Branch John Avery Boys’ Club Branch (Durham) 1965 Bragtown Branch McDougald Terrace Branch John Avery Boys’ Club Branch (Durham) 1965 Richard D. Harrison (Raleigh) 1935 Colored Public (Warrenton) 1937 Brown-Carver (Edenton) 1944 Brown-Carver (Edenton) 1944 George W. Carver (Greenville) 1941 Historically Black Public Libraries Remaining in North Carolina

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