His base was the Tuskegee Institute, a state college for blacks in Alabama. As the threat of lynching reached a peak in 1895, Washington gave a speech in Atlanta that made him nationally famous. The speech called for black progress through education and entrepreneurship.
The average teacher salary in North Carolina was $39,756 in 2007, $41,430 in 2008, and $42,556 in 2009, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.ompared to the national average, of $48,353 in 2008 and $49,720 in 2009, teaching salaries in North Carolina are low. For 2007, 2008, and 2009, teaching salaries in North Carolina ranked 44th in the nation, their low rankings similar to that of other less-populated states.
A person working a minimum wage job would earn about $290 per week. That's about one-quarter of the average household incoming in North Carolina, according to U.S. Census data. Between 2007 and 2011, households in North Carolina brought in an average of $46,291 per year.