North Carolina Central University

North Carolina Central University is a public historically Black university in Durham, North Carolina, founded in 1909 by James E. Shepard in affiliation with the Chautauqua movement. It became part of North Carolina's state system in 1923, was designated a regional university and given its current name in 1969, and has belonged to the University of North Carolina system since 1972. The university offers baccalaureate, master's, professional, and doctoral programs and is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund; its campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.