Joseph Charles Price, a pioneering African American educator and leader, was born on this day in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. He became the founding president of Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina, and was a powerful advocate for African American education and civil rights during the Reconstruction era. His leadership and eloquence earned him national and international respect, including praise from Frederick Douglass.
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