School officials, back in 1951, denied black students in Kinston their request for new educational opportunities. They were asking for a new gym, a home ec and auto mechanics room. Adkin High ...

KINSTON, N.C. (WITN) - Art depicting a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement now has a new location in Lenoir County. The Adkin High School Walk-out Mural is now housed at the Community ...

November 20 marks 72 years since a historic moment in Kinston. On this date in 1951, students walked out of Adkin High School, an all-Black school, in an effort to push for equal treatment other ...

A new home was found for the Adkin Walk-Out mural which was previously located on the side of the Lenoir County ...

KINSTON, N.C. (WITN) - Saturday marks the 70th anniversary of the Adkin High School walkout. The protest was one of the first student walkouts for racial equity. At the time Adkin High School was ...

Seventy years ago, in 1954, West Charlotte drove up to Kinston and beat Adkin High 13-6 to win the N.C. Negro High School Athletic Association state title. West Charlotte finished 10-1-1 ...

Our four-part series, publishing throughout Winter 2022, explores why Kinston High School rises above the rest of N.C.’s worthy shrines. Expand All Inside NC’s poorest community lies its ...

KINSTON — Six students representing four LCPS high schools will spend a month this summer at the selective North Carolina Governor’s School, receiving specialized instruction in academic or ...