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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Rehearsal Speech in Rocky Mount

On November 27, 1962, Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered a speech in Rocky Mount. Before a crowd of nearly 2,000 in the gymnasium at Booker T.

“War on Poverty” Photo Op in Rocky Mount, 1964

On May 7, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson, accompanied by Governor Terry Sanford, visited the home of tenant farmer William David Marlow near Rocky Mount to promote the President’s “War on Poverty” initiative.

First Woman Takes Oath as Chief Justice of N.C. Supreme Court

On January 2, 1975, Susie Sharp took the oath of office as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina.