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Important Early Nurse Mary Wyche

Mary L. Wyche was chiefly responsible for establishing nursing as a profession in North Carolina.

Folk Pottery Sees New Life

The success of the pottery industry in the area around Seagrove, also known as Jugtown, is largely the result of the work of Jacques and Juliana Busbee.

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

 

All this month we’re bringing you stories from North Carolina’s black history. Check back here each week day for a new tidbit from our state’s African American’s past.

Opening Doors Through Higher Education

Often referred to as the oldest historically black institution of higher learning in the South, Shaw University was founded by Henry M. Tupper, a white minister and Union Army veteran from Massachusetts in 1865.

John Chavis—Early Black Preacher and Educator

A prominent free black preacher and educator in and around the Raleigh area from 1810 onwards, John Chavis had students from many notable families in North Carolina, including future Governor Charles Manly and the sons of Chief Justice Leonard Henderson.

St. Agnes Hospital and Nursing School

All this month we’re bringing you stories from North Carolina’s black history. Check back here each week day for a new tidbit from our state's African American's past.