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People

The "5" Royales (rhythm & blues band from Winston-Salem, 1950s)
Charles Henry Alston (artist, 1907-1977) (could add information about his papers in the Southern Historical Collection)
Louis E. Austin (editor and publisher of The Carolina Times from 1927 to 1971)
Romare Bearden (artist and writer, 1911-1988) (lead section is sparse) Frankcjones (talk) 17:23, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Charlotte Hawkins Brown (educator and academic, 1883-1961)
Dorothy Brown Dorothy Lavinia Brown
Eva Clayton (U.S. Representative, b. 1934)
Elizabeth Cotten (blues and folk musician and songwriter, 1893-1987)
Chuck Davis (dancer)
Helen Edmonds (first African American woman to become dean of a graduate school, at NC Central)
Henry Frye (first African American justice of NC Supreme Court, b. 1932)
Clarence Gaines (college men's basketball coach, 1923-2005)
Abraham Galloway (abolitionist born into slavery, 1837-1870)
Moses Grandy (author of Life of a Slave, 1786-?)
J. Eugene Grigsby (artist, 1918- ) (There is currently no wikipedia entry.)
Rencher Harris (first African American member of Durham City Board of Education and first African American city councilman in Durham)
George Moses Horton (poet born into slavery, 1797-1884)
Harriet Jacobs (writer and abolitionist born into slavery, 1813-1897)
Thomas H. Jones (writer and abolitionist born into slavery, 1806-?)
Howard Nathaniel Lee (politician, first African American mayor of Chapel Hill, b. 1934)
Bishop Dready Manning (blues and gospel musician, b. 1934)
Millie and Christine McCoy (conjoined twins, stage performers, 1851-1912)
John Merrick (founder of NC Mutual Life Insurance Company, born into slavery, 1859-1919)
Aaron Moore (first black physician in Durham, founder of NC Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1863-1923)
Wyatt Outlaw (deputy member of Grand State Council of the Union League of America, hanged by KKK in 1870)
Charlie Scott (professional basketball player, b. 1948)
Wendell Scott (first black NASCAR driver, 1921-1990)
James E. Shepard (founder of NC Central University, 1875-1947)
Charles Clinton Spaulding (founder of NC Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1874-1952)
John W. Stephens (state senator, assassinated by KKK in 1870)
LeRoy T. Walker (first black president of U.S. Olympic Committee, 1918-2012)
George Henry White (U.S. Congressman, 1852-1915)

Places

Princeville, NC (town established by freed slaves after the Civil War) (needs a history section)
Soul City (planned community in Warren County, NC, founded early 1970s)
St. Philip's Moravian Church, Winston-Salem (oldest standing African American church in NC)

Events

Greensboro Massacre (five protest marchers killed by the Klan/American Nazi Party in 1979)
Jonkonnu (Related to Jonkonnu parades) (antebellum holiday with Carribean roots)
Journey of Reconciliation (early Freedom Ride, challenge to segregation on interstate buses)
Royal Ice Cream Sit-in (Briefly mentioned in article on "Sit-ins" Sit-in#The_1957_Durham.2C_NC_Sit-in) (1957 sit-in in Durham, NC)
Southern Conference on Race Relations (1942 meeting of African American leaders in the South)
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (Supreme Court case upholding busing for racial balance in schools) (needs citation work)

Businesses/Organizations

3rd North Carolina regiment (all-African American regiment during the Spanish-American war)
The Carolina Times (African-American newspaper founded in the 1920s) - biblbiophibian is working on it
North Carolina Fund (Community anti-poverty initiative from the 1960s)
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company (oldest and largest African American-lead financial company in the U.S.)
North Carolina State Equal Rights League (founded in 1865 to advocate politically for African Americans)
WAFR (later WVSP) (first African American public radio station in the U.S.)

Colleges, Universities & Schools

Bennett College (private HBC for women in Greensboro)
Elizabeth City State University (public HBCU in Elizabeth City)
Laurinburg Institute (African American prep school, founded 1904)
Livingstone College (private HBCU in Salisbury)
North Carolina A&T University (largest public HBCU in the state, in Greensboro)
North Carolina Central University (public HBCU in Durham)
Palmer Memorial Institute (African American school, founded 1902)
St. Augustine's University (private HBCU in Raleigh)
Winston-Salem State University (public HBCU in Winston-Salem)

Completed edits and articles

People

Romare Bearden (artist and writer, 1911-1988) (lead section was sparse) Frankcjones (talk) 18:22, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Charlotte Hawkins Brown -- rewrote the whole entry Nmg27510 (talk) 20:04, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Howard Nathaniel Lee -- added a photo of Lee, made a few corrections Nmg27510 (talk) 20:04, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
LeRoy T. Walker -- added a photo of Walker Nmg27510 (talk) 20:04, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Romare Bearden (added detail to lead section on education and Spiral Gallery Association) janseiz
Moses Grandy (created article/stub--a few more details to be added) Millnermike

Businesses and Organizations

The Carolina Times (African-American newspaper founded in the 1920s) -- biblbiophibian: it's updated with more references, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of information about the newspaper specifically, even in the special collections.
Laurinburg Institute -- added an image Nmg27510 (talk) 20:23, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Places

St. Philips Moravian Church, Winston-Salem -- found references and improved text, but there's still a lot to do. -- Gaurav (talk) 20:33, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]