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March 28, 1986. North Carolina Central University (NCCU or NC Central) is a public historically black university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by James E. Shepard in affiliation with the Chautauqua movement in 1909, it was supported by private funds from both Northern and Southern philanthropists. It was made part of the state system in ...
Bar pass rate. 73.9% (July 2019 first-time takers) [3] Website. law.nccu.edu. The North Carolina Central University School of Law (also known as NCCU School of Law or NCCU Law) is the law school associated with North Carolina Central University. The school is fully accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) [4] and the North Carolina ...
Greensboro (/ ˈɡriːnzbʌroʊ / ⓘ; [ 5 ] local pronunciation / ˈɡriːnzbʌrə /) is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 299,035; it was estimated to be 302,296 in 2023. [ 6 ] It is the third-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte and Raleigh ...
African Americans. This list of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) includes institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the Black American community. [1][2] Most HBCU's are located in the Southern United States, where state laws generally ...
James E. Shepard. James Edward Shepard (November 3, 1875 – October 6, 1947) was an American pharmacist, civil servant and educator, the founder of what became the North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina. He first established it as a private school for religious training in 1910 but adapted it as a school for teachers.
Eva Clayton (born 1934), U.S. Congresswoman from North Carolina 1992–2003; she graduated from Johnson C. Smith University and North Carolina Central University; Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958), American Book Award-winning author of Blood Run and other novels (raised in North Carolina, various counties)
The county hosts two post-secondary institutions: the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and Robeson Community College. [251] Additionally, the PSRC supports the Robeson Planetarium, [252] while county government also runs seven libraries. [253] A county history museum is located in Lumberton. [254]
Alice Willson Broughton (1889–1980), former First Lady of North Carolina; J. Melville Broughton (1888–1949), former Governor of North Carolina; Bill Campbell, two-term mayor of Atlanta; Ralph Campbell, three-term State auditor and first African-American to hold statewide elected office in North Carolina; Paul Coble, 36th mayor of Raleigh ...