Shepard, James E.

Date of birth
11.03.1875
Place of birth
Raleigh, NC
Date of death
10.06.1947
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Shepard, Rev. Dr. Augustus

(Photo courtesy of NCCU Digital Collection) Born into slavery in Raleigh, North Carolina, Shepard earned a degree in theology from Shaw University. Rev. Shepard married Harriet Whitted, and the two had twelve children, including North Carolina Central University founder Dr. James E. Shepard and Lincoln Hospital physician Dr. Charles H. Shepard. He...
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Shepard, Dr. Charles H.

(photo c.1912, from biography of Rev. Dr. Augustus Shepard, available online at archive.org) Dr. Charles Shepard, brother of Dr. James Shepard (who founded present-day North Carolina Central University) and son of Rev. Dr. Augustus Shepard (minister of White Rock Baptist Church) was a prominent local physician who practiced at Lincoln Hospital . He...
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Dr. James Shepard House - 1902 Fayetteville St.

Dr. James Shepard, founder of what is now North Carolina Central University, moved to the house at 1902 Fayetteville St. in 1925. The house is Prairie Style architecture - common in the midwest, but not a common architectural form in Durham. Shepard lived in the house, and served as president of the university, until his death in 1947.
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