Marvin Tupper Jones
Nov 18, 2024
Winton native Reynolds was an untiring advocate for Civil Rights.
Sept. 19, 2024 was the UNVEILING OF THE HOBSON R. REYNOLDS CIVIL RIGHTS TRAIL MARKER by his Elks at the national headquarters of the Improved and Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks of the World in Winton NC. I gave a short talk about Chowan Discovery's research and nomination of the marker, and read a letter from William G. Pomeroy whose foundation funded the marker.
Natalie Rodriguez of the NC African American Heritage Commission (shown here with Immediate Pat Grand Exalted Ruler Donald P. Wilson, me and Elk historian C. Ray Edmonds) spoke passionately about African American history and her agency's work. We want to thank the Elks' Grand Exalted Ruler, Leonard Polk, Brother Carlton Coleman and all Elks for their partnership and hospitality. Afterwards, we visited Pleasant Plains School among other Winton Triangle sites.
This is Chowan Discovery's third NC Civil Rights Trail Marker and our eleventh historical marker!Â
Photograph by Carol A. Joice
