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Census Road Tour Stops in Triad

The census "Portrait of America" road tour will be in the Triad today. The bus tour is trying to raise awareness about the census and why it's important. Census data are used to decide how much federal money states receive, and how many representatives states get in Congress. The census tour-bus will spend half the day at Elon University. It will then travel to Greensboro later this afternoon.

Craig Orsi is a public relations student at Elon who's working to coordinate events at the University. He says the campaign is trying to reach hard-to-count populations, such as college students.

"Most of us don't remember the last census because we weren't old enough to fill it out and it happened ten years ago. And generally, since we live on campus and off campus in apartments--and since most of us don't own our own houses--most of us don't think that we have to send in the census. When actually, anyone who's over 18 and doesn't live full time at home has to do it."

The 10-question census forms should arrive in people's mailboxes by mid-March.

Federal Officials to Investigate Wayne County Schools

The U.S. Department of Justice will investigate Wayne County Schools. The state NAACP had asked for the investigation, saying the district in eastern North Carolina discriminates against African-American students.

The Department of Justice will coordinate the investigation through its Office of Civil Rights. The NAACP filed the complaint over how students are assigned in Wayne County. The county is roughly 50-50 black-white, but one attendance zone in the district is 99.6 percent black and about 90 percent low income.

Reverend William Barber is president of the state's NAACP. "This intervention by the U.S. Department of Justice will give added strength to this new fusion movement that is developing in Wayne County and across this state," says Barber.

The NAACP hopes that the DOJ's involvement will influence other federal entities in Wayne County, like the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.

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Morehead Planetarium Gets a Technology Upgrade

Since it opened 40 years ago, hundreds of thousands of North Carolina school children have visited the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center on the campus of UNC Chapel Hill. They watched shows that were both informative and entertaining. But in recent years, the technology has struggled to keep up with the times. What was once a cutting edge facility began to seem outdated.

Not anymore. As Dave DeWitt reports, the Morehead Planetarium is ready to wow kids and adults all over again.

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Civil Rights Center Opens in Greensboro

Civil Rights Center Opens in Greensboro

photo by Dan Routh (courtesy International Civil Rights Center and Museum)

WUNC's Jessica Jones spoke to Eric Hodge from downtown Greensboro, where people gathered to celebrate the long-awaited opening of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.  The museum is housed in the old Woolworth's building where the famed lunch counter sit-ins took place.

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