William Gaston

Historical marker location:

New Bern, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street (Business U.S. 17) and Craven Street, on the right on Broad Street.)

Marker installed: 2009

1778-1844.

In the 1960s, North Carolina was a center of the civil rights movement, with Greensboro being the site of the first sit-in protests in the country.