June 10, 2026
A Black teacher who claims he was fired from a public charter school in North Carolina for teaching a novel about racial justice is taking his discrimination case to the Fourth Circuit after a federal judge sided last month with the school, court records show.
May 13, 2026
A public charter school in North Carolina scored a pretrial victory in a Black teacher's racial discrimination suit after a federal judge found race was not a determinative factor in his termination and the school board had a legitimate reason to fire him for unsatisfactory job performance.
April 23, 2026
A Black teacher in North Carolina was fired for failing to teach his students the necessary curriculum to pass their end-of-grade-level testing, not because he injected race into his lessons, the school argued Thursday in seeking a pretrial win on his discrimination claims.
June 16, 2023
A Black former teacher sued a North Carolina public school in federal court, alleging that he was fired from his job for teaching students a novel about racial justice after white parents complained that the book was too "divisive."