Elizabeth City State University-Elizabeth City State Colored Normal School women’s basketball team with coach Dr. Donald G. Brandon, 1937

Photograph: Elizabeth City State Colored Normal School women’s basketball team with coach Dr. Donald G. Brandon, 1937.
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1892 January 4 “Elizabeth City Colored Normal School” began operations on Roanoke Avenue with 2 teachers and 23 students, $900. appropriation, and Peter Weddick Moore as Principal.. Hattie A. Newby is the first person to graduate, completing her post graduate program.

1939 March 30: Name change - “State Normal School” became "Elizabeth City State Teachers College."
May 19: First baccalaureate degrees awarded to 27 graduates (Elementary Education).

1963 May 15 Name Change: “Elizabeth City State Teachers College” became "Elizabeth City State College."
One of North Carolina’s State HBCU’s.