EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1909 as the National Religious Training School and Chatauqua for the Colored Race.

Location:
Durham, NC

Founding Date:
1909

Motto:
Truth and Service

Team:
Eagles

Enrollment:
7500

Official Website:
http://www.nccu.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Ballance	Politician	15-Feb-1942		Congressman from North Carolina, 2003-04
G. K. Butterfield	Politician	27-Apr-1947		Congressman, North Carolina 1st
Lee Calhoun	Track and Field	23-Feb-1933	22-Jun-1989	Olympic hurdler
Eva M. Clayton	Politician	16-Sep-1934		Congresswoman from North Carolina, 1992-2003
Kim Coles	Actor	11-Jan-1962		Synclaire James on Living Single
Ivan Dixon	Actor	6-Apr-1931	16-Mar-2008	Sgt. Kinchloe on Hogan's Heroes
Michael Easley	Politician	23-Mar-1950		Governor of North Carolina, 2001-09
Maynard Jackson	Politician	23-Mar-1938	23-Jun-2003	First black Mayor of Atlanta
Sam Jones	Basketball	24-Jun-1933		Boston Celtic, Hall of Famer
Eddie Long	Religion	12-May-1953		Georgia Baptist minister
Maceo K. Sloan	Business	c. 1949		NCM Capital Management
Isaiah Tidwell	Business	c. 1945		EVP at Wachovia, 1996-2005
George H. Walls, Jr.	Business	c. 1942		Retired USMC Brigadier General

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Allyson K. Duncan	Judge	5-Sep-1951		4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Melissa Harris-Perry	Author	2-Oct-1973		Barbershops, Bibles, and BET
Zora Neale Hurston	Novelist	7-Jan-1891	28-Jan-1960	Their Eyes Were Watching God

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Eddie Long	Religion	12-May-1953		Georgia Baptist minister

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jim Schwartz	Football	2-Jul-1966		Former Coach, Detroit Lions

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