"President and CEO, United Bank of Philadelphia"@en . . "North Carolina Central University was founded by James E. Shepard as the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua in the Hayti District. It was chartered in 1909 as a private institution and opened on July 5, 1910. Along with other progressives, Woodrow Wilson, the future U.S. President, contributed some private support for the school's founding. The school was sold and reorganized in 1915, becoming the National Training School; it was supported by Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage, a philanthropist of New York who was particularly concerned about education. It supported Black teacher development in the Jim Crow era, a time when funding and support for Black education by southern states was severely limited."@en . . "15"^^ . "James Speed"@en . "78"^^ . . "North Carolina College for Negroes"@en . . . . "former Summer Olympics track athlete"@en . "1948"^^ . "25"^^ . "150"^^ . "Member of the North Carolina Senate"@en . . . . . "1967"^^ . "Charles \"Tex\" Harrison"@en . "1964"^^ . "Olympic track & field gold and silver medalist"@en . . "former high school football coach, profiled in the motion picture Remember the Titans"@en . "1965"^^ . . "1963"^^ . . "1960"^^ . "1958"^^ . . "Dr. Leon Rouson"@en . "1954"^^ . "judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia"@en . "390"^^ . "former AFL and CFL prefessional football player"@en . . "1982"^^ . . "1983"^^ . "Durham MRA"@en . "1981"^^ . . . "attorney, motivational speaker and cable television executive"@en . "1976"^^ . "1977"^^ . "1974"^^ . "padding-center: 0.5em;"@en . "1975"^^ . . . . "National Religious Training School and Chautauqua"@en . . "1968"^^ . "North Carolina Central University"@en . "President and CEO, North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company"@en . "Gene C. Jarmon"@en . . . . "former Harlem Globetrotters coach and player"@en . "hd"@en . . . "Editor-at-Large, Vogue Magazine"@en . . . . . . . "North Carolina"@en . "Senator"@en . "W"@en . . . "Durham State Normal School"@en . "1910"^^ . "former professional football player"@en . "First black elected to the North Carolina Senate"@en . "former head football coach at Winston Salem State University and North Carolina A&T State University; current athletic director at Winston-Salem State University"@en . . . . . "N"@en . . "#808080"@en . "singer"@en . . . . . "left"@en . . . "Dancer and former student connected to Duke Lacrosse case"@en . . . "former NFL defensive back and current head football coach at Shaw University"@en . . . "comedian and actress"@en . . "George Hamilton Sr."@en . . "lawyer, civil rights leader, and educator. Founded the first integrated law firm in North Carolina"@en . "former member of the U.S. House of Representatives"@en . "Atwood & Nash; Public Works Administration"@en . "86000676"^^ . . . "artist and former professional football player"@en . "Bounded by Lawson St., Alston Ave., Nelson, and Fayetteville Sts., Durham, North Carolina"@en . . "President and CEO, Spatial Data Integrations, Inc."@en . . "Walter Douglas"@en . . . "54"^^ . . "#fffefd"@en . . . . "North Carolina Central University"@en . "North Carolina College at Durham"@en . . . . . . "42"^^ . "former National Black Teacher of the Year"@en . "National Emmy winning photojournalist, 1st African-American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year"@en . "National Training School"@en . . . "former professional basketball player, 1-time ABA all-star"@en . . . "35"^^ . "General Counsel, Texas Department of Insurance"@en . . . "Truth and Service"@en . "NCCU seal.png"@en . . "Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival"@en . . . "First black mayor of Raleigh, N.C."@en . "rapper"@en . . "Read More: Championships"@en . "member of the North Carolina House of Representatives"@en . "Maroon and Gray"@en . . . "Audwin Helton"@en . "State"@en . "first black mayor of Atlanta, Georgia"@en . . "1996"^^ . . . . "North Carolina Central University was founded by James E. Shepard as the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua in the Hayti District. It was chartered in 1909 as a private institution and opened on July 5, 1910. Along with other progressives, Woodrow Wilson, the future U.S. President, contributed some private support for the school's founding. The school was sold and reorganized in 1915, becoming the National Training School; it was supported by Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage, a philanthropist of New York who was particularly concerned about education. It supported Black teacher development in the Jim Crow era, a time when funding and support for Black education by southern states was severely limited. Becoming a state-funded institution in 1923, it was renamed Durham State Normal School. In 1925, reflecting the expansion of its programs to a four-year curriculum with a variety of majors, it was renamed the North Carolina College for Negroes. It was the nation's first state-supported liberal arts college for black students. To avoid the Jim Crow system of segregated passenger cars on the train, Shepard insisted on traveling to Raleigh by car to lobby the legislature. The college's first four-year class graduated in 1929. The college was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools as an \u201CA\u201D class institution in 1937, but it was not admitted to membership until 1957. Graduate courses in the School of Arts and Sciences were added in 1939, in the School of Law in 1940, and in the School of Library Science in 1941. In 1947, the General Assembly changed the name of the institution to North Carolina College at Durham. On October 6, 1947, Shepard, the founder and president, died. He was succeeded in 1948 by Alfonso Elder. Elder served as president until he retired September 1, 1963. Samuel P. Massie was appointed as the third president on August 9, 1963, and resigned on February 1, 1966. On July 1, 1967, Albert N. Whiting assumed the presidency, serving until his retirement June 30, 1983. The 1969 General Assembly designated the institution as one of the State's regional universities, and the name was changed to North Carolina Central University. Since 1972, NCCU has been a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system. On July 1, 1972, the state\u2019s four-year colleges and universities were joined to become The Consolidated University of North Carolina, with 16 individual campuses, headed by a single president and governed by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors. However, each campus was led by a separate chancellor and a campus-specific Board of Trustees. Whiting was succeeded by LeRoy T. Walker as chancellor, followed by Tyronza R. Richmond, Dr. Donna J. Benson, Julius L. Chambers (who had previously been director-counsel (chief executive) of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund), James H. Ammons, and on August 1, 2007, Charlie Nelms."@en . . "1992"^^ . . . "1928"^^ . . "Eagles"@en . . "former Governor of North Carolina"@en . . "attended"@en . "1989"^^ . "North Carolina Court of Appeals jurist"@en . "CEO, Avis Ford"@en . "President, Dow Automotive"@en . "Congressman and former Associate Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court"@en . . "1985"^^ . . . . "Senior Pastor, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Lithonia, Georgia"@en . "politician and former chief executive officer of Dekalb County, Georgia"@en . "multiple African-American \"firsts\": North Carolina Speaker of the House; president of National Conference of State Legislatures"@en . . . "2007"^^ . "professional track athlete"@en . . . . "2003"^^ . . "Jason Smoots"@en . . "former professional basketball player"@en . "8612"^^ . "Virginia State Court of Appeals Judge"@en . "NBA Hall of Famer"@en . . . "1986-03-28"^^ . . . . . "actor"@en . "Mayor, Chapel Hill, N.C."@en .