Rural Electrification
Inscription
New Deal program set
up cooperatives to bring
power to farms. In N.C.,
first switch thrown on
Apr. 17, 1937, one mi. N.
Location
Sources
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Westray Battle Boyce Long
Director of the Women's Army Corps, 1945-1947.
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968
Rocky Mount, NC
In his speech, Nov. 27, 1962, in gym 200 yards S.E., civil rights leader delivered refrain "I have a dream," used in...
George H. White 1852-1918
Tarboro, NC
Represented the state's "Black Second" district, U.S. House, 1897-1901.
Anna Easter Brown 1879-1957
Rocky Mount, NC
A founder in 1908 of Alpha Kappa Alpha, nation’s oldest sorority for African Americans; history teacher.
Elias Carr
Governor, 1893-1897.