Melvin Luther Watt is an American politician who served as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency from 2014 to 2019. He was appointed by President Barack Obama. He is a former United States Representative for North Carolina's 12th congressional district,from 1993 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Henry McKinley "Mickey" Michaux Jr. is an American civil rights activist and Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly. He represented the state's thirty-first House district from 1983 to 2019 and previously served from 1973 through 1977. The district included constituents in Durham County. Upon his retirement,Michaux was the longest-serving member of the North Carolina General Assembly. In the 2007-2008 session,Michaux served as senior chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and chairman of the House Select Committee on Street Gang Prevention.
Martin Luther Nesbitt Jr. was a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate. He represented the 49th district. An attorney from Asheville,North Carolina,Nesbitt was elected to eleven terms in the state House before moving to the state senate in 2004.
Jeanne Hopkins Lucas was the first African-American woman elected to serve in North Carolina's state Senate.
Philip Edward Berger is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's thirtieth Senate district,which includes Caswell,Rockingham,Stokes,and Surry counties.
Roy Asberry Cooper III is an American attorney and politician serving since 2017 as the 75th governor of North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 49th attorney general of North Carolina from 2001 to 2017 and in the North Carolina General Assembly in both the House of Representatives and Senate from 1987 to 2001.
Douglas Carmichael "Mike" McIntyre II is an American attorney and politician who was first elected to represent North Carolina's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. He served for 18 years from 1997 to 2015. McIntyre is a Democrat and,during his tenure in the House of Representatives,was a member of the Blue Dog Coalition.
Ralph Bradley Miller is an American attorney and former U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 13th congressional district,serving from 2003 to 2013. District 13 included all of Caswell and Person counties,and parts of Alamance,Granville,Guilford,Rockingham and Wake counties. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
James Crawford Biggs was an American lawyer and politician,born in Oxford,North Carolina to William and Elizabeth Arlington (Cooper) Biggs.
The University of North Carolina School of Law,sometimes referred to as Carolina Law,is the law school of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Established in 1845,it is among the oldest law schools in the United States and is the oldest law school in the state of North Carolina.
Floyd Bixler McKissick was an American lawyer and civil rights activist. He became the first African-American student at the University of North Carolina School of Law. In 1966 he became leader of CORE,the Congress of Racial Equality,taking over from James Farmer. A supporter of Black Power,he turned CORE into a more radical movement. In 1968,McKissick left CORE to found Soul City in Warren County,North Carolina. He was an active Republican and endorsed Richard Nixon for president that year,and the federal government,under President Nixon,supported Soul City. He became a state district court judge in 1990 and died on April 28,1991.
The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) is the affiliate of the Republican Party in North Carolina. Michael Whatley was the chair from 2019 until his election as national chair in March 2024. It is currently the state's favored party,controlling half of North Carolina's U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,and a 3/5 supermajority control of both chambers of the state legislature,as well as a majority on the state supreme court.
The North Carolina General Assembly of 2007–08 consisted of the North Carolina House of Representatives and the North Carolina Senate that met in Raleigh,North Carolina,in 2007 and 2008. Members of the House and Senate were elected on November 7,2006. This legislature first convened in January 2007. In addition to its regular sessions,the legislature met in special session in March 2008 to consider expelling Representative Thomas E. Wright.
The North Carolina General Assembly 2009–10 was the 149th North Carolina General Assembly. The 50 members of the North Carolina Senate and 120 members of the North Carolina House of Representatives were elected on November 6,2008. It first convened in January 2009.
James Arthur Pope is an American businessman,attorney and former government official. Pope is the owner,chairman and CEO of Variety Wholesalers,a group of 370 retail stores in 16 states. He is also the president and chairman of the John William Pope Foundation. He previously served in the North Carolina House of Representatives and recently served as the Budget Director for North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory.
The North Carolina Central University School of Law is the law school associated with North Carolina Central University. The school is fully accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and the North Carolina State Bar Council,and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). According to NC Central's official 2018 ABA-required disclosures,37.9% of the Class of 2018 obtained full-time,long-term,JD-required employment nine months after graduation.
The 2016 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2016,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The Royal Ice Cream sit-in was a nonviolent protest in Durham,North Carolina,that led to a court case on the legality of segregated facilities. The demonstration took place on June 23,1957 when a group of African American protesters,led by Reverend Douglas E. Moore,entered the Royal Ice Cream Parlor and sat in the section reserved for white patrons. When asked to move,the protesters refused and were arrested for trespassing. The case was appealed unsuccessfully to the County and State Superior Courts.
Erica Danette Smith is an American engineer and politician who represented District 3 in the North Carolina Senate from 2015 to 2021. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2020. She finished second in the Democratic primaries on March 3,2020. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2022,but she switched to the race for North Carolina's 1st congressional district after Rep. G. K. Butterfield announced that he would not run for another term.
George Wilmarth "Wiley" Nickel III is an American attorney and Democratic politician serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 13th congressional district since 2023.
