Recently approved markers

Historical markers approved December 2022

A-94

STATE v. MANN

N.C. Supreme Court, 1830,
reinforced power of
slaveholding regime by
overturning conviction of
Mann (lived nearby) for
shooting Lydia, enslaved.

Location: Edenton, Chowan Co.            

B-78
CAROLISTA BAUM
      1940-1991

Environmental activist.
Stopped destruction of
Jockey’s Ridge sand dune
in 1973. Fundraised and        
lobbied to preserve as
a N.C. State Park, 1975.

Location: Nags Head, Dare Co.
         

E-128
NICHOLAS ROBERTS
      1849-1934

African American editor
& pastor. Professor and
administrator, Shaw Univ.
Leader in state Baptist       
organizations. He lived
in Seaboard until 1871.

Location: Seaboard, Northampton Co.             

E-129
EQUAL RIGHTS
LEAGUE

Newly freed people, 1866,
rallied at Hammond’s Hill,
here, for voting rights,
fair wages, self-defense.
Became early grassroots
civil rights organization.
 
Location: Edgecombe Co.
         

F-75
THOMAS PARKER
      1830-1924

African American pastor.
Founder of many churches
in region, including First
Missionary Baptist, 1867.      
Moderator of KEMBA, a
Missionary Baptist Assoc.

Location: Warsaw, Duplin Co.          

G-140
PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL

Operated 1942-1945 to 
provide rigorous training
to about 20,000 U.S. Navy    
cadets. Elevated national    
profile of the university.
Was on campus, nearby.

Location: Chapel Hill, Orange Co.
         

H-126
HUMAN COMPUTERS 

Women mathematicians,           
many from N.C., executed         
complex calculations for             
U.S. military and NASA,            
1941-1975, during WWII            
and the Space Race.

Location: Raleigh, Wake Co.               

J-124
GRIGGS v. DUKE
POWER CO. 

Landmark U.S. Supreme
Court ruling, March 1971,     
prohibited discriminatory
practices by employers.          
Plaintiffs were Black em-
ployees of plant in Eden.

Location: Eden, Rockingham Co.
         

J-125  
SUSIE SHARP
      1907-1996

Was first female chief
justice of N.C. Supreme
Court, elected in 1974.
First female superior      
court judge & associate
justice. Lived 3 blks. W.

Location: Reidsville, Rockingham Co.      

J-126
OLD SALEM
HISTORIC DISTRICT 

Est. 1948 here as first                
local historic district                  
in N.C. Prototype for 
state’s local historic
preservation laws.

Location: Winston Salem, Forsyth Co.

K-68
ROBERT F. SINK
       1905-1965

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Com-                   
manded 506th Regiment,          
101st Airborne Division                    
during World War II                
and Fort Bragg 1957 to                                 
1960. He lived nearby.

Location: Lexington, Davidson Co.

L-119
ROBERT F. WILLIAMS
       1925-1996

Black civil rights leader.                 
Advocate for armed self-    
defense. He broadcast                  
“Radio Free Dixie,” 1961-              
1965, from exile in Cuba.                               
Birthplace was ½ mile S.

Location: Monroe, Union Co.

M-57
WALLACE BROTHERS
HERBARIUM 

World renowned supplier                   
of medicinal herbs, barks,          
berries & roots. Est. by                              
Jewish immigrants, 1871.                    
One block NW until 1942.                                 
 

Location: Statesville, Iredell Co.

P-100
“MOMS” MABLEY
       1894-1975

Pioneer Black comedian,                        
social and civil rights   
activist, 1920’s-1974.                  
Born Loretta Aiken, she             
grew up 1/5 mi. W.                               
 

Location: Brevard, Transylvania Co.

P-101
ALLEN SCHOOL 

Established in 1887 to            
educate African Americans        
in western N.C. Emerged          
as residential preparatory            
school for Black women.           
Was 1/3 mi. E until 1974.

Location: Asheville, Buncombe Co.