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Governor Morehead School (GMS), formerly North Carolina State School for the Blind and Deaf, is a K–12 public school for the blind in Raleigh, North Carolina. In the era of de jure educational segregation in the United States, it served blind people of all races and deaf black people.

Its namesake is John Motley Morehead, Governor of North Carolina.

History

In 1845 the school was established; it took ages 5–21. It served African-American students from the beginning, in separate facilities under educational segregation in the United States.^[1] In 1898 a dormitory for the school was built by Frank Pierce Milburn.^[2]

It was the first American school to educate black, blind, and deaf students.^[3]

In 1923 white students moved to its current site in Raleigh, while black students were on the original campus,^[1] in Garner. The school took both deaf and blind black students.^[4]

In 1964 it got its current name.^[1] In 1966 the U.S. federal authorities were withholding $89,927 aid in Title I funds as the school had not yet desegregated.^[4] In 1967, as part of racial desegregation, the school began swapping the racial groups across the campuses.^[1] Black deaf students were to be moved to the North Carolina School for the Deaf and the East North Carolina School for the Deaf, so Morehead became a blind-only school.^[4] In 1977 desegregation was completed.^[1]

In 2014 there were discussions over whether the City of Raleigh should buy land that included GMS property.^[5] The property concerned included a field, unused, with 7.3 acres (3.0 ha) of land total. In 2014 the City of Raleigh offered to buy the Dorothea Dix property and the Morehead field for $51.26 million.^[6] The North Carolina House of Representatives approved a bill allowing the sale.^[7]

Campus

The school has dormitory facilities.^[8]

The campus hosts grades 6–10 of the Wake County Public Schools institution Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy.^[9]

It is adjacent to Central Prison.^[10]

Student body

As of 2016^[update] about 66% board.^[11]

Notable people

Skeeter Brandon, blues musician^[12]
Martha Louise Morrow Foxx, educator of the blind in Mississippi^[13]
Fred Hedrick, jurist^[14]
Vernon Malone, politician, former school superintendent^[15]
Ronnie Milsap, country musician^[16]
Doc Watson, bluegrass, country, folk, blues, and gospel musician^[17]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "About GMS". Governor Morehead School. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
^ Robert Topkins, John Baxton Flower, III, and Catherine Cockshutt (June 1982). "North Carolina School for the Blind and Deaf Dormitory" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 9, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "North Carolina Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, Colored Department (Raleigh)". Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c "$89,927 Blind-Deaf School May Lose U.S. Aid". The Charlotte Observer. Associated Press. 1966-09-15. p. 18A. Under the plan, the Negro deaf [...] integrated basis. - "Morganton and Wilson" refer to North Carolina School for the Deaf and the East North Carolina School for the Deaf - Clipping at Newspapers.com.
^ "Raleigh wants to add part of Morehead School land to Dix deal". WRAL. 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
^ "Raleigh offers $51.26 million for Dorothea Dix property and Morehead School field". The Times News. McClatchy News Service. 2014-05-09. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
^ "N.C. House OKs Dix bill; Senate's turn". Triangle Business Journal.
^ "Residential Life". Governor Morehead School. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
^ "2020-2021 High School Profile" (PDF). Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
^ Welton, J. Michael (2018-05-04). "These 81 acres may be developed in Raleigh's future. What are your dreams for the site?". News & Observer. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
^ Owens, Evan (2016-06-02). "Governor Morehead School for the Blind graduates six seniors". News & Observer. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
^ Toenes, Chris (January 16, 2008). "Skeeter Brandon | Spotlight". Indy Week. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
^ Pridgen, Rosie L. T. "Martha Louise Morrow Foxx". Hall of Fame: Leaders and Legends of the Blindness Field; American Printing House for the Blind. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
^ Weigl, Andrea (July 19, 2009). "Former judge dies at 86". The News & Observer. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
^ "Funeral arrangements set for Sen. Vernon Malone". WRAL-TV. April 18, 2009. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 848/9. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
^ Kaufman, Steve (1999). The Legacy of Doc Watson. Mel Bay Publications. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-7866-3393-7.

External links

35°46′44″N 78°39′32″W / 35.779°N 78.659°W / 35.779; -78.659

[About-1] "About GMS". Governor Morehead School. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

[2] Robert Topkins, John Baxton Flower, III, and Catherine Cockshutt (June 1982). "North Carolina School for the Blind and Deaf Dormitory" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 9, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] "North Carolina Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, Colored Department (Raleigh)". Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind. Retrieved 2021-07-01.

[MayloseUSaid-4] "$89,927 Blind-Deaf School May Lose U.S. Aid". The Charlotte Observer. Associated Press. 1966-09-15. p. 18A. Under the plan, the Negro deaf [...] integrated basis. - "Morganton and Wilson" refer to North Carolina School for the Deaf and the East North Carolina School for the Deaf - Clipping at Newspapers.com.

[5] "Raleigh wants to add part of Morehead School land to Dix deal". WRAL. 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

[6] "Raleigh offers $51.26 million for Dorothea Dix property and Morehead School field". The Times News. McClatchy News Service. 2014-05-09. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

[7] "N.C. House OKs Dix bill; Senate's turn". Triangle Business Journal.

[8] "Residential Life". Governor Morehead School. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

[9] "2020-2021 High School Profile" (PDF). Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy. Retrieved 2021-07-01.

[10] Welton, J. Michael (2018-05-04). "These 81 acres may be developed in Raleigh's future. What are your dreams for the site?". News & Observer. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

[11] Owens, Evan (2016-06-02). "Governor Morehead School for the Blind graduates six seniors". News & Observer. Retrieved 2021-07-01.

[Indy-12] Toenes, Chris (January 16, 2008). "Skeeter Brandon | Spotlight". Indy Week. Retrieved July 9, 2021.

[:0-13] Pridgen, Rosie L. T. "Martha Louise Morrow Foxx". Hall of Fame: Leaders and Legends of the Blindness Field; American Printing House for the Blind. Retrieved July 9, 2021.

[observer-14] Weigl, Andrea (July 19, 2009). "Former judge dies at 86". The News & Observer. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2021.

[15] "Funeral arrangements set for Sen. Vernon Malone". WRAL-TV. April 18, 2009. Retrieved July 9, 2021.

[16] Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 848/9. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.

[17] Kaufman, Steve (1999). The Legacy of Doc Watson. Mel Bay Publications. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-7866-3393-7.

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-'''Governor Morehead School''' ('''GMS'''), formerly '''North Carolina State School for the Blind and Deaf''', is a K-12 public school for the blind in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]. In the era of [[de jure]] [[educational segregation in the United States]] it served blind people of all races and deaf black people.
+{{Short description|School for the blind in North Carolina}}
+[[File:Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy.jpg|thumb]]
+'''Governor Morehead School''' ('''GMS'''), formerly '''North Carolina State School for the Blind and Deaf''', is a K–12 public school for the blind in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]. In the era of [[de jure]] [[educational segregation in the United States]], it served blind people of all races and deaf black people.
 Its namesake is [[John Motley Morehead]], [[Governor of North Carolina]].
 ==History==
-In 1845 the school was established; it took ages 5-21. It served African-American students from the beginning, in separate facilities under [[educational segregation in the United States]].,<ref name=About>{{cite web|url=https://www.governormorehead.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1550434&type=d&pREC_ID=1676638|title=About GMS|publisher=Governor Morehead School|accessdate=2021-06-26}}</ref>
+In 1845 the school was established; it took ages 5–21. It served African-American students from the beginning, in separate facilities under [[educational segregation in the United States]].<ref name=About>{{cite web|url=https://www.governormorehead.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1550434&type=d&pREC_ID=1676638|title=About GMS|publisher=Governor Morehead School|accessdate=2021-06-26}}</ref> In 1898 a [[North Carolina School for the Blind and Deaf Dormitory|dormitory for the school]] was built by [[Frank Pierce Milburn]].<ref>{{Cite web | author =Robert Topkins, John Baxton Flower, III, and Catherine Cockshutt | title = North Carolina School for the Blind and Deaf Dormitory | work = National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory | date = June 1982 | url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/WA0035.pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = July 9, 2021}}</ref>
-It was the first American school to educate black blind and deaf students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.aph.org/museum/programs/colored-schools/north-carolina/|title=}}</ref>
+It was the first American school to educate black, blind, and deaf students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.aph.org/museum/programs/colored-schools/north-carolina/|title=North Carolina Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, Colored Department (Raleigh)|publisher=[[Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind]]|accessdate=2021-07-01}}</ref>
 In 1923 white students moved to its current site in Raleigh, while black students were on the original campus,<ref name=About/> in [[Garner, North Carolina|Garner]]. The school took both deaf and blind black students.<ref name=MayloseUSaid>{{cite news|title=$89,927 Blind-Deaf School May Lose U.S. Aid|newspaper=[[The Charlotte Observer]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=1966-09-15|page=18A|quote=Under the plan, the Negro deaf [...] integrated basis.}} - "Morganton and Wilson" refer to [[North Carolina School for the Deaf]] and the [[East North Carolina School for the Deaf]] - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80281300/for-governor-morehead-school/ Clipping] at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref>
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 In 1964 it got its current name.<ref name=About/> In 1966 the U.S. federal authorities were withholding $89,927 aid in [[Title I]] funds as the school had not yet desegregated.<ref name=MayloseUSaid/> In 1967, as part of racial desegregation, the school began swapping the racial groups across the campuses.<ref name=About/> Black deaf students were to be moved to the [[North Carolina School for the Deaf]] and the [[East North Carolina School for the Deaf]]<!--Implied by the city names in the source text-->, so Morehead became a blind-only school.<ref name=MayloseUSaid/> In 1977 desegregation was completed.<ref name=About/>
-In 2014 there were discussions over whether the City of Raleigh should buy land that included GMS property.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wral.com/raleigh-wants-to-add-part-of-morehead-school-land-to-dix-deal/13627084/|title=Raleigh wants to add part of Morehead School land to Dix deal|publisher=[[WRAL-TV|WRAL]]|date=2014-05-07|accessdate=2021-06-26}}</ref> The property concerned included a field, unused, with {{convert|7.3|acre|ha}} of land total. In 2014 the City of Raleigh offered to buy the Dorothea Dix property and the Morehead field for $51.26 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimesnews.com:443/20140509/raleigh-offers-5126-million-for-dorothea-dix-property-and-morehead-school-field/305099780|title=Raleigh offers $51.26 million for Dorothea Dix property and Morehead School field|newspaper=[[Times-News (Burlington, North Carolina)|The Times News]]|agency=[[McClatchy News Service]]|date=2014-05-09|accessdate=2021-06-26}}</ref> The [[North Carolina House of Representatives]] approved a bill allowing the sale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/morning_call/2013/05/nc-house-oks-dix-bill-senates-turn.html|title=N.C. House OKs Dix bill; Senate's turn|work=[[Triangle Business Journal]]|date=}}</ref>
+In 2014 there were discussions over whether the City of Raleigh should buy land that included GMS property.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wral.com/raleigh-wants-to-add-part-of-morehead-school-land-to-dix-deal/13627084/|title=Raleigh wants to add part of Morehead School land to Dix deal|publisher=[[WRAL-TV|WRAL]]|date=2014-05-07|accessdate=2021-06-26}}</ref> The property concerned included a field, unused, with {{convert|7.3|acre|ha}} of land total. In 2014 the City of Raleigh offered to buy the [[Dorothea Dix]] property and the Morehead field for $51.26 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimesnews.com:443/20140509/raleigh-offers-5126-million-for-dorothea-dix-property-and-morehead-school-field/305099780|title=Raleigh offers $51.26 million for Dorothea Dix property and Morehead School field|newspaper=[[Times-News (Burlington, North Carolina)|The Times News]]|agency=[[McClatchy News Service]]|date=2014-05-09|accessdate=2021-06-26}}</ref> The [[North Carolina House of Representatives]] approved a bill allowing the sale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/morning_call/2013/05/nc-house-oks-dix-bill-senates-turn.html|title=N.C. House OKs Dix bill; Senate's turn|work=[[Triangle Business Journal]]|date=}}</ref>
 ==Campus==
+[[File:Governor Morehead School.jpg|left|thumb|300x300px|Cooke Building]]
 The school has dormitory facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.governormorehead.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1550527&type=d&pREC_ID=1676740|title=Residential Life|publisher=Governor Morehead School|accessdate=2021-06-26}}</ref>
+The campus hosts grades 6–10 of the [[Wake County Public Schools]] institution [[Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wcpss.net//cms/lib/NC01911451/Centricity/Domain/202/WYWLA_Profile_2020.pdf|title=2020-2021 High School Profile|publisher=Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy|accessdate=2021-07-01}}</ref>
+[[File:Governor Morehead School Rose Garden and gazebo.jpg|thumb|267x267px|Path into Garden between buildings on GMS Campus]]
 It is adjacent to [[Central Prison (North Carolina)|Central Prison]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Welton|first=J. Michael|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article210108744.html|title=These 81 acres may be developed in Raleigh's future. What are your dreams for the site?|newspaper=[[News & Observer]]|date=2018-05-04|accessdate=2021-06-26}}</ref>
 ==Student body==
 {{Asof|2016}} about 66%<!--two thirds in source text--> board.<ref>{{cite web|last=Owens|first=Evan|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article81434517.html|title=Governor Morehead School for the Blind graduates six seniors|newspaper=[[News & Observer]]|date=2016-06-02|accessdate=2021-07-01}}</ref>
+==Notable people==
+*[[Skeeter Brandon]], blues musician<ref name="Indy">{{cite web|last=Toenes |first=Chris |url=https://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/skeeter-brandon/Content?oid=1206088 |title=Skeeter Brandon &#124; Spotlight |work=[[Indy Week]] |date=January 16, 2008 |accessdate=July 9, 2021}}</ref>
+*[[Martha Louise Morrow Foxx]], educator of the blind in Mississippi<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Pridgen|first=Rosie L. T.|date=|title=Martha Louise Morrow Foxx|url=https://sites.aph.org/hall/inductees/foxx/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=July 9, 2021|website=Hall of Fame: Leaders and Legends of the Blindness Field; American Printing House for the Blind}}</ref>
+*[[Fred Hedrick]], jurist<ref name="observer">{{cite web | url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2009/07/19/90968/former-judge-dies-at-86.html | title=Former judge dies at 86 | work=[[The News & Observer]] | date=July 19, 2009 | author=Weigl, Andrea | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129220225/www.newsobserver.com/2009/07/19/90968/former-judge-dies-at-86.html | archive-date=January 29, 2013 | access-date=July 9, 2021 | url-status=live }}</ref>
+*[[Vernon Malone]], politician, former school superintendent<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4978882/|title=Funeral arrangements set for Sen. Vernon Malone|publisher=[[WRAL-TV]]|date=April 18, 2009|accessdate=July 9, 2021}}</ref>
+*[[Ronnie Milsap]], country musician<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=848/9}}</ref>
+*[[Doc Watson]], bluegrass, country, folk, blues, and gospel musician<ref>{{cite book| last = Kaufman| first = Steve| title = The Legacy of Doc Watson| publisher = Mel Bay Publications| year = 1999| page = 152| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Et6zwlhPwUcC | isbn = 978-0-7866-3393-7}}</ref>
 ==See also==
-* [[East North Carolina School for the Deaf]]
+* [[Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf]]
 * [[North Carolina School for the Deaf]]
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 * [https://www.ncpedia.org/governor-morehead-school Governor Morehead School] - [[NCpedia]]
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 {{Wake County, North Carolina Schools}}
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-[[Category:Public K-12 schools in the United States]]
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