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James Benson Dudley (November 2, 1859 – April 4, 1925) was President of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from 1896 until his death in 1925.
1859–1925. Educator, college president. As teacher, school principal, and finally as president of North Carolina 's historically black land-grant college, former slave James B. Dudley helped to shape the educational background of many young black people.
James Benson Dudley, educator and college president, was born in Wilmington to John Bishop and Annie Hatch Dudley, both enslaved by Edward B. Dudley (1789–1855), governor of North Carolina.
May 10, 2024 · James B. Dudley was A&T's youngest president. He was 36 years old when appointed in the summer of 1896. J. B. Dudley High School in Greensboro, NC, Dudley Street, and the Dudley Building are named after him. <<
On Saturday, April 4, 1925 after serving the college for twenty nine years, James B. Dudley passed quietly at his home, the Magnolias, located on Dudley Street. The street was named in honor of him by the city of Greensboro.
He was secretary of the board of trustees for the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Greensboro from May 29, 1895 to May 27, 1896 before succeeding John O. Crosby as president of that institution on May 28,1896; he retained the post for twenty-nine years.
James Benson Dudley was President of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from 1896 until his death in 1925.
