It could be called North Carolina's hidden gem among historical sites. A monument to the fascinating story of a young black woman who started with just $1000 and built one of the most renowned preparatory schools in the nation to educate blacks during the Jim Crow era, the Palmer Memorial Institute today still stands in Sedalia, North Carolina. Learn more about Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown and the Palmer Institute as host Mitchell Lewis talks to a former student of the school and the current manager of the historic Palmer Memorial Institute historic site.

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Representative Mickey Michaux, Jr. - graduated from the Palmer Institute in 1948 and is currently serving his 16th term in the North Carolina House of Representatives for the 31st District, Durham County. Rep. Michaux is also an attorney with his brother in the Michaux and Michaux Law Firm.

Frachelle Scott - the Manager for the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum at Historic Palmer Memorial Institute http://www.nchistoricsites.org/chb/chb.htm. Ms. Scott has managed the institute for two years and has begun to develop a strong outreach-marketing plan to attract more visitors to learn about Dr. Brown's legacy and the school's rich history.