The purpose of this qualitative, historical case study is to explore former living administrators', teachers', and students' opinions of their personal experiences while working at or attending P. W. Moore High School in North Carolina. The school's culture and leadership qualities of administrators will be examined through participants' interviews and two focus groups to determine the success and failures during the era of segregation from 1960-1970. In-depth interviews, either face-to-face or via telephone, was conducted through digital recordings by informed consent of participants. Data collection included interviews with former teachers, staff and students, personal notes, field notes, document analysis of photographs, archival official school records, audio recordings, and video tapes, memos, and a focus group. Data analysis includes ongoing, inductive, methods that typically yield verbal descriptions largely derived from interviews and observational notes. Notes and memos were analyzed for themes and patterns that are described and illustrated with examples, including quotations and excerpts. Findings are reported in Chapter four and recommendations, implications, conclusions, and directions for future research are discussed in Chapter five. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]