Tales Blog

So let’s get the conversation going. Do you think North Carolina should keep its long ballot? How does knowing about heroes like James Walker Hood affect the way you think about the influence of African Americans on the development of the public school system? What connections can you make between the constitutional history of public schools and our current policy choices? And what role do you see Constitutional Tales having in raising the level of discussion and understanding of the constitution in the judicial, legislative, and executive branches and among the people?

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The blog is an opportunity to explore resources included on the Tales website and connect our constitutional history to current events. You can go to constitutionaltales.blogspot.com or follow links below to specific postings. Let me know what you think.

Original documents to tell the story of the President of the Convention

What would Albion Tourgée think of the Wake County School Board?

The problem with "re" words

Where are the women in the Tales: The stories of Mary Jane Connor and Sylvia

Reverend S.S. Ashley's Path to North Carolina

A good man in Wilmington

Importance of the Address of the Equal Rights League, 1866

Whites and the schools for Freedmen

Railroads and Constitutional Tales: progress, politics, and social inequities

Civil rights in education heritage trail in North Carolina

Connecting creativity in public schools with the Constitution