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North Carolina Central University

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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Eddie Long
Religion
12-May-1953   Georgia Baptist minister

COACHES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jim Schwartz
Football
2-Jul-1966   Former Coach, Detroit Lions




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