James E. Shepard

James E. Shepard

American pharmacist, civil servant and educator

📍 Durham, North Carolina USA

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James Edward Shepard was an African American pharmacist, civil servant and educator, the founder of what became the North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina. He first established it as a private school for religious training in 1910 but adapted it as a school for teachers. He had a network of private supporters, including northern white philanthropists such as Olivia Slocum Sage of New York.

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