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- The civil war took place from 1861 to 1865.

- Reconstruction took place from 1850 to 1877. It was the process of rebuilding the south.

- April 15, 1865 President Lincoln was assassinated.

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-When the Great Depression descended after the stock market crash of 1929, Spaulding was one of the leaders who helped to provide releif from its damages.

-By 1933, 16 million people were unemployed.

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docsouth.unc.edu/nc/myfuture/bio.html

www.blackpast.org › Groups\Organizations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_during_Reconstruction
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Clinton_Spaulding

https://www.ncmutuallife.com/newsite/pages/about.html

Black Stars- African American Entreprenaurs, By: Jim Haskins

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North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company:

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North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company:

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- By 1920 the company had over 1,000 employees and several offices along the East Coast.

- In 1923 Spaulding became president,

- He held until his death in 1952.

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Charles Spaulding died on August 1, 1952 in Durham, North Carolina of heart failure. He was 78 years old.

The following link will lead u to the aricle written in New York Times the day of his death.

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- Harmon Foundation Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Business, 1926

-  Honorary degrees from Atlanta University, Shaw University, and Tuskegee Institute.

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Charles supported education for blacks while serving as a trustee for Howard University, Shaw University, and North Carolina College.

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- He was national chairman of the Urban League’s Emergency Advisory Council in the 1930s.

- Charles campaigned to secure New Deal jobs for African-Americans.

- As chairman of the Durham Committee on Negro Affairs, he helped in voter registration efforts

and convinced city officials to hire black police officers.

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1) The year after he was promoted to full-time general manager. This was the company’s only full-time position.

2) He was later promoted to vice president in 1908.

3)  In 1919 he was promoted to secretary-treasurer. This is when the firm
officially changed its name to the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company.

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In 1899 Charles was hired as a part-time agent by North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association.

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At the age of 20, Charles left his father’s farm. He moved to Durham, N.C. And in 1898 he completed

what was equal to a high school education and became the manager of a black-owned grocery store.

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Benjamin Mclver Spaulding served as the county sheriff during Reconstruction (the process of rebuilding the South U.S. after the Civil War).

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Charles was born August 1, 1874 on a farm near Whiteville, North Carolina.