By ALLEN G. BREED
AP National Writer
RALEIGH, N.C. – In the annals of desegregation, Raleigh is barely a footnote.
Integration came relatively peacefully to the North Carolina capital. There was no “stand in the schoolhouse door,” no need of National Guard escorts or even a federal court order.
Nearly 50 years passed – mostly uneventfully, at least until a new school board majority was elected last year on a platform supporting community schools.