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Winston-Salem State University

Winston-Salem State University is a North Carolina historical marker in Forsyth County, dedicated 1950.

US 311 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive) at Cromartie Street in Winston-Salem

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Established for Negroes as Slater Industrial Academy, 1892. State supported since 1895; University since 1969.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1846 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1846) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1847 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1847) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Middle Virginia and North Carolina (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1950 · Winston-Salem East, North Carolina (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Winston-Salem East, North Carolina, 1950, covering the location of Winston-Salem State University, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Winston-Salem East, North Carolina, 1950, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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