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WILLIS GRAVES, JR.

Program
NC Civil Rights Trail
Subject
Government, People
Location
814 Oberlin Road, Raleigh, NC, USA
Lat/Long
35.7950778, -78.661038
Grant Recipient
NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NC African American Heritage Commission)
Historic Marker

WILLIS GRAVES, JR.

Inscription

WILLIS GRAVES, JR.
A PROMINENT CIVIL RIGHTS
ATTORNEY. WORKED TO END
HOUSING DISCRIMINATION IN
LANDMARK COURT CASES.
BORN HERE IN 1890.
NC AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION
WILLIAM G POMEROY FOUNDATION 2024