Charles L. Becton is an attorney, former judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and former president of the

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Bar Association (the first African-American male to hold that post). In 2012-2013, he was the interim chancellor of

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following the retirement of Charlie Nelms. Then, shortly before he was due to complete that assignment, he was named interim chancellor of Elizabeth City State University following the retirement of

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, effective July 1, 2013. A native of

Morehead City, North Carolina Morehead City is a port town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,661 at the 2010 census. Morehead City celebrated the 150th anniversary of its founding on May 5, 2007. It forms part of the Crystal Coast. His ...

, Becton spent his formative years in Ayden. Becton was educated at

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(B.A., 1966),

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(

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, 1969), and the

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(LL.M., 1986). Gov. Jim Hunt appointed Becton to the N.C. Court of Appeals in January 1981 to replace Richard Erwin.Quiet revolution in the South
By

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He was then elected to complete the remaining two years of the unexpired term in 1982, and elected in 1984 to a full eight-year term. He resigned in 1990 to go into private

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practice. Becton has also taught at the University of North Carolina School of Law and at the

References

Becton, Slifkin & Bell websiteNCBA: Charles Becton Chosen NCBA President-Elect
(2007)
NCBA Biography
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