http://wunc.org en http://wunc.org/post/saluting-montford-point-marines <p>The U.S. Marine Corps remained segregated until 1948. The first group to break the color barrier was a group of African-American men who trained at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, NC. They became known as the <a href="http://www.montfordpointmarines.com/" target="_blank">Montford Point Marines</a>. Earlier this summer, the Montford Point Marines were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington, DC. FM Hooper was among the men who were honored at the ceremony. Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:23:00 +0000 Frank Stasio and Stella Strohmeier 4281 at http://wunc.org http://wunc.org/post/pitt-county-schools-court <p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will hear arguments today in a case involving desegregation in Pitt County, the district that includes Greenville.<br><br><strong>Dave DeWitt: </strong>Pitt County is one of just a few school districts in North Carolina still under a federal desegregation order from the 1970s. Because of that, the district must consider race when assigning students and teachers. Mark Dorosin is an attorney with the UNC-Chapel Hill Center for Civil Rights. He says Pitt County's latest student assignment plan did not do that.<br> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000 Dave DeWitt 3375 at http://wunc.org