# @historicallyblacksince on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYqtHg-O7HI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65853620-historicallyblacksince-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/6ce0c190a1.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-23T04:19:38.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Historically Black Since- HBCU (@historicallyblacksince) — https://gondola.cc/historicallyblacksince

## Caption

HBCU Black History- ✊🏽Paying homage to the entrepreneur, pharmacist and educator that founded North Carolina Central University- Dr. James E. Shepard 

Along with founding NCCU, Shepard co-founded North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1898 and helped incorporate the Mechanics and Farmers Bank in 1907. 

Keep watching to learn more about him 
🎤 shimeicooktv - #HBSinceNews host

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#hbcu #blackexcellence #historicallyblacksince #nccu

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- **Views:** 8,621
- **Likes:** 2,016
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blackexcellence, hbcu, historicallyblacksince, hbsincenews, nccu

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