NC Historical Marker

The North Carolina roadside history marker commemorates the Cowee Tunnel disaster near Dillsboro, an 1882 construction accident that killed 19 Black inmate workers.

The North Carolina Highway Marker Commission approved historical site markers for about a half dozen Native American tribes on highways across the state.

Ruth Whitehead Whaley was the first Black woman to study at the Fordham University School of Law and to receive a degree from there.

A historical marker in Chapel Hill was unveiled this Memorial Day weekend to the African American men who officially integrated the U.S. Navy…