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 * **﻿﻿ ﻿__**Charles B. Aycock**__

Charles B. Aycock of Goldsboro was the Democratic canidate for governor in 1900. He won the position and became governor of North Carolina from 1901 to 1905. He was known for coming up with the idea of universal education. This meant that every child, white and black, was to have access to better schools. Aycock received most of his support in two key places: first, in the Coastal Plain whee black sharecroppers grew tobacco and cotton, and, second, in the Piedmont mill villages where white farmers had gone to work in the factories. Aycock made it clear to everyone that the new schools would be segregated, but he personally pushed for the growth of black schools. Aycock was well loved and especially by blacks.

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