About
The Governor Morehead School, North Carolina’s school for the blind, opened in 1845 as the N.C. Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind. In 1869, a branch of the school was established for visually or aurally challenged African Americans, located first on S. Bloodworth St. then relocated here in 1929. It was the nation’s first institute for Black blind students. Black and white blind students were integrated at the modern Governor Morehead School campus on Ashe Ave. by 1971.
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About
The Governor Morehead School, North Carolina’s school for the blind, opened in 1845 as the N.C. Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind. In 1869, a branch of the school was established for visually or aurally challenged African Americans, located first on S. Bloodworth St. then relocated here in 1929. It was the nation’s first institute for Black blind students. Black and white blind students were integrated at the modern Governor Morehead School campus on Ashe Ave. by 1971.