Segregationists swept from school board in North Carolina.
When Republicans took control of the Wake County school board in North Carolina, their first agenda item was to restore segregated schools.
Yesterday, the Republicans were swept from office following two years of protests.
Incumbent Wake County school board member Kevin Hill defeated challenger Heather Losurdo in a runoff Tuesday to complete a Democratic sweep that knocks Republicans out of power after a turbulent two-year reign.
Hill’s victory in District 3 ended a half-million-dollar, high-profile battle over control of Wake County’s 146,000-student system.
The nationally publicized fight for the school board had become a proxy for political control of the county and beyond, drawing close scrutiny from U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
