Governor, 1933-1937, friend of education, member of General Assembly, solicitor. Birthplace 1/4 mile north.
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Founded in 1891 as Negro normal school. Four-year college after 1939. Became a university in 1969.
Culpeper and Durant led a revolt against British trade laws, seized the government 1677, 2 mi. SE.
In 1665 the Albemarle County Assembly, the initial lawmaking body in Carolina, met in this area. Convened by Wm. Drummond, governor.
(Image: Principal Peter W. Moore and students at what’s now Elizabeth City State University in 1899.)
On March 3, 1891, legislation passed creating a Normal and Industrial School in Elizabeth City. The school was founded with the express purpose of “teaching and training teachers of the colored race to teach in the common schools of North Carolina.”
On January 10, 1924, popular jazz drummer Max Roach was born in Pasquotank County. Shortly after moving to New York City with his family in 1928, Roach began to study piano with his aunt. He showed an early aptitude for music and played in jazz bands throughout high school.