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Private in N.C. Militia, and Continental Line. One of over 460 N.C. men of color to serve Patriot cause. Born in vicinity. Wounded, 1781.
First congresswoman to serve N.C., 1946-47. Was a flood control reform advocate. Born nearby.
Naval Reserve Officer. Received Medal of Honor in 1945 for gallantry at Iwo Jima. Businessman and mayor. Lived nearby.
Author and orator. Born enslaved, he escaped & wrote autobiography in 1837. Toured Britain as abolitionist. Born nearby.
On Jan. 31, 1961 flew a suborbital flight on NASA Project Mercury mission. First great ape in space. Retired here to N.C. Zoo.
Prominent congregation of African American Muslims in N.C., est. in 1956. Hub of outreach. Mosque opened here, 1972.
Born enslaved, escaped ca. 1857. Author of The Bondswoman’s Narrative, based on her life, penned between 1853 and 1861. Lived two blocks north.
Children's book author, advocate for civil rights & higher education. Wrote Crackajack Pony in 1969. Lived in Occoneechee Neck.
“The Flying Parson.” Won first Transcontinental Air Race, 1919. Was WWI test pilot and daredevil. Buried 2 miles west.
Journalist and author. First Secretary, Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1972. Was N.C. Poet Laureate, 1982-1996. Born ½ m. N.