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From: The Landmark (l900)
Date: 22 Feb 2004
Time: 13:54:24 -0500
Remote Name: 172.149.39.95
Little appearss to have changed in the educational system in Robeson County over the past l00 years. The following was reported on September 1, 1903 in The Landmark, published in Statesville, NC: "Robeson County, according to the recent State school census by the State Superintendent of Public Instructions, finds that the County has more children who can't read and write than any county of the 76 so far reported, there being l889 of this class in the county. Of these 473 are white, l042 colored, and 440 Croatan Indians." What the Report did not state was that the settlement of Bladen (later Robeson) County by Scots in the l7th and l8th century was of people who did not have considerable education (per McKee Evans in his recent visit to Robeson County) and that Robeson County has never had a rich legacy of strong education. Perhaps what is more important about this report is that the State of North Carolina recognized Croatan Indians in the educational system, however, it failed to do so in the state desegregation plan of higher education and ultimately American Indians in North Carolina have been denied equal opportunity for education consistently for l00 years. Last changed: 02/15/04