A joint school for the blind and the deaf was established at Raleigh in 1845, though the blind did not enter till 1851. In 1893 the white deaf were removed, leaving the blind, with a department for the colored blind and deaf. The institution is now known as the State School for the Blind and the Deaf, and is directed by a board of eleven directors, with supervision by the State departments of education and charities. In 1905 the name of the school was changed from the North Carolina Institution for the Education of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. In 1869 colored deaf and blind children were admitted, and in 1872 a department was created for them. Laws, 1877-1873.
(Source: "THE BLIND; THEIR CONDITION AND THE WORK BEING DONE FOR THEM IN THE UNITED STATES", 1919
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