Bob Orr stressed his connection to historically black colleges at the debate today.
In response to a question about state support for historically black colleges, he cited his 11 years teaching law courses at N.C. Central and his time sitting on the school's Board of Visitors.
"I know exactly the kind of disparity in resources and the disparity in support that historically black universities and colleges in this state have received," he said.
Later, he mentioned to Dome that several of his law clerks had attended N.C. Central.
During the debate, Orr also said he was the only candidate for governor from either party that had attended a "state-supported university." He earned a bachelor of arts and a law degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1971 and 1975.
Dome assumes he means a North Carolina-supported university since Beverly Perdue attended both the University of Kentucky and the University of Florida and Dennis Nielsen earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska.
The other candidates went to private schools.
Richard Moore and Fred Smith both earned their bachelor's and law degrees from Wake Forest University. Bill Graham and Pat McCrory both earned their bachelor's degrees from Catawba College.
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