Governor of North Carolina from 1841 to 1845. He is known as the father of modern North Carolina for his support of the newly established Public School system, the extension of Railroad Lines and construction of waterways and turnpikes. The cspan cities tour visited his home, blandwood. We are in blandwood mansion. This is the oldest structure on its original foundation in the city of greensboro. It is a Historic House museum, a National House we can landmark building. It was the home of governor John Motley Morehead in downtown greensboro. Day today, many historians look on governor john motley modernd as the father of North Carolina. He was the governor from 184118 35 1845, he was a popular governor with his ideas of industry and human rights. Earlylitical career began education and law. After he graduated from the academy here in greensboro, he went on to the university of North Carolina and he graduated from there as a lawyer. To the north of the pretty, but quickly found that more
American history tv. It is not as the gate city because of its ties to transportation. It is located in the piedmont region of central North Carolina. With the help of our Time Warner Cable partners, we will look at the history of greensboro. Visit that woolworths counter at the center of the civil rights count movement. Is that at the counter and ask to order coffee and pizza. The response was really mixed. Another waitress was saying something like, we dont serve colored people here. They came here to sit down and take that first step. Later, here about a deadly clash in 1979 between members of the kuklinski plan and ask ku klux klan and communist party workers. I think it is so shocking to watch the film of the event of november 3. You have a group of people standing on the sidewalks, cars driving by a close and reach the sides of the cards. You have men running back and forth. Its hard to tell when you watch the film who represents the klan or cwp. First, get an up close look at a