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North Carolina Central University is a public historically black university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by James E. Shepard in affiliation with the Chautauqua movement in 1909, it was supported by private funds from both Northern and Southern philanthropists. It was made part of the state system in 1923, when it first received state funding and was rename…
North Carolina Central University is a public historically black university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by James E. Shepard in affiliation with the Chautauqua movement in 1909, it was supported by private funds from both Northern and Southern philanthropists. It was made part of the state system in 1923, when it first received state funding and was renamed as Durham State Normal School. It added graduate classes in arts and sciences and professional schools in law and library science in the late 1930s and 1940s.
  • Former name: National Religious Training School and Chautauqua for the Colored Race (1910–1915) · National Training School (1915–1923) · Durham State Normal School for Negroes (1923–1925) · North Carolina College for Negroes (1925–1947) · North Carolina College at Durham (1947–1969)
  • Motto: "Truth and Service"
  • Type: Public historically black university
  • Established: 1910
  • Parent institution: University of North Carolina
  • Accreditation: SACS
  • Academic affiliation: TMCF

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