Charles N. Hunter and Race Relations in North Carolina

Charles N. Hunter, one of North Carolina’s outstanding black reformers, was born a slave in Raleigh around 1851, and he lived there until his death in 1931. As public school teacher, journalist, and historian, Hunter devoted his long life to improving opportunities for blacks.

A political activist, but never a radical, he skillfully used his journalistic abilities and his personal contacts with wh...