Background North Carolina was one of the more moderate Southern states, and its resistance to integration was much weaker than in most other areas of the South. After Brown, it had ended segregation with a school assignment plan based on neighborhoods that was approved by the Court. However, when Charlotte consolidated school districts from the city itself with a surrounding area totaling , the majority of black students (who lived in central Charlotte) still attended mostly black schools as compared with majority white schools further outside the city.
Background North Carolina was one of the more moderate Southern states, and its resistance to integration was much weaker than in most other areas of the South. After Brown, it had ended segregation with a school assignment plan based on neighborhoods that was approved by the Court. However when Charlotte consolidated school districts from the city itself with a surrounding area totaling , the majority of black students (who lived in central Charlotte) still attended mostly black schools as compared with majority white schools further outside the city.