Carolina QuotesWhat I did, my first teaching job, Ed, was in Farmville, North Carolina. I was 19, almost 20, when I got that job. I was hired as an English teacher. I taught 12th grade English literature but every two-and-a-half, almost three weeks, I would see at least every child in that school, and this was what they call a coordinated school, which meant for that area it was the only black school available. And so I had kids from preschool all the way through 12th grade, and I taught every one of them something musical.
Roberta Flack
Carolinian
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Interview with Ed Gordon, News & Notes, NPR, April 21, 2006
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