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Justice Henry E. Frye

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

About

Henry E. Frye, a North Carolina A&T State University graduate, was the first African American chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He earlier served in the General Assembly and as a state supreme court associate justice.

Accomplishments

First African American chief justice of North Carolina.
Former state legislator and longtime appellate judge.
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2017.

Year of award

2017

Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame — Government and Law.