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June Kay Campbell
June Elizabeth Kay Campbell (August 19, 1925 – August 19, 2004) was an American civil rights activist and administrative secretary. Early life June Elizabeth Kay Campbell was born on August 19, 1925 in Wilmington, North Carolina, the seventh child of Dr. John Walcott Kay and Willie Otey Kay. Educated in Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh Public Schools, she graduated from Washington Graded and High School in 1944. She later attended classes at Shaw University and North Carolina State University. She married Ralph Campbell Sr. on January 1, 1946. They had four children: Ralph Campbell Jr., Ralph Jr., Mildred, Bill Campbell (mayor), Bill, and Eddie. Career and activism Campbell worked as an administrative secretary at St. Augustine's University (North Carolina), Saint Augustine's College. Campbell and her husband petitioned the Raleigh School Board to allow their children to attend white schools. The board agreed to allow Bill, a younger child, to enroll at the Murphey School, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats, seat of Wake County, North Carolina, Wake County in the United States. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, List of United States cities by population, the 41st-most populous city in the U.S., and the largest city of the Research Triangle metro area. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak, oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of . The United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau counted the city's population as 474,069 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
