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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BR3_james-e-shepard_Durham-NC.html
Negro educational and religious leader. Founder of a college (1910), now N.C. Central University, its president to 1947. Grave 1½ miles S.E.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BR2_john-sprunt-hill_Durham-NC.html
Banker and attorney. Leader in credit union movement. Benefactor, UNC Library. Lived here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQHE_bull-city-blues_Durham-NC.html
During the 1920s - 1940s, Durham was home to African American musicians whose work defined a distinctive regional style. Blues artists often played in the surrounding Hayti community and downtown tobacco warehouse district. Prominent among these w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQHC_john-merrick_Durham-NC.html
Black business leader. In 1898 he founded what is now N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Company. His grave is 85 yds. N.W.