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Former name | National Religious Training School and Chautauqua for the Colored Race (1910–1915) National Training School (1915–1923) Durham State Normal School for Negroes (1923–1925) North Carolina College for Negroes (1925–1947) North Carolina College at Durham (1947–1969) |
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| Motto | "Truth and Service" |
| Type | Public historically black university |
| Established | 1910 |
Parent institution | University of North Carolina |
| Accreditation | SACS |
Academic affiliation | TMCF |
| Endowment | $55 million (2021)[1] |
| Chancellor | Karrie G. Dixon |
| Provost | Ontario S. Wooden |
| Students | 7,553 (Fall 2022) |
| Location | , , United States |
| Campus | Large city[2], 135 acres (0.55 km2) |
| Newspaper | The Campus Echo[3] |
| Colors | Maroon and gray |
| Nickname | Eagles |
Sporting affiliations | |
| Mascot | Eddie the Eagle |
| Website | www |
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North Carolina Central University | |
 North Carolina Central University campus | |
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| Location | Bounded by Lawson St., Alston Ave., Nelson, and Fayetteville Sts., Durham, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35°58′27″N 78°53′55″W / 35.97417°N 78.89861°W |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | Atwood & Nash; Public Works Administration |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival |
| MPS | Durham MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86000676 [4] |
| Added to NRHP | March 28, 1986 |
North Carolina Central University (NCCU or NC Central) is a public historically black university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by James E. Shepard in affiliation with the Chautauqua movement in 1909, it was supported by private funds from both Northern and Southern philanthropists. It was made part of the state system in 1923, when it first received state funding and was renamed as Durham State Normal School. It added graduate classes in arts and sciences and professional schools in law and library science in the late 1930s and 1940s.
In 1969 the legislature designated this a regional university and renamed it as North Carolina Central University. It has been part of the University of North Carolina system since 1972 and offers programs at the baccalaureate, master's, professional, and doctoral levels. The university is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.