Education
History
From the 1880s and through the 1960s, the majority of America enforced segregation through "Jim Crow" laws. The laws promoted the idea of "separate but equal," which caused schools, libraries, stores, and other public places to become segregated. In the late 1860's, North Carolina implemented a new constitution that called for spereate schools for Black students and white students. It wasn't until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that Jim Crow laws were overturned.
Segregated schools were declared to be unconstitutional, which led to the integration of schools. Ayden-Grifton High School was built in 1971 in response to desegregation. It consolidated Ayden High School (the all-white school), South Ayden High School (the all-black school), and Grifton High Schools.
