1920 Federal Census Reveals 13% Illiteracy Rate in North Carolina

North Carolina Is 13% Illiterate

Washington, Aug. 13—A total of 13.1 per cent of North Carolina’s population, counting only those 10 years of age or more, cannot read or write, the Census Bureau announced today. The native whites are 8.2 per cent illiterate and the negroes 24.5 per cent.

From The Charlotte News, Aug. 13, 1921