William G. Enloe

William G. Enloe
Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina
In office
1957–1963
Preceded by Fred B. Wheeler
Succeeded by James W. Reid
Personal details
Born Rock Hill, South Carolina[1]
Died November 22, 1972(1972-11-22) (aged 70)
Rex Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Ruth Erskine
Children 1
Residence Raleigh, North Carolina

William Gilmore "Bill" Enloe (15 June 1902 – 22 November 1972)[2][3] was the Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina from 1957–1963.[4] Enloe was a member of the Democratic Party. William G. Enloe High School, the first integrated public high school in Raleigh, was named after him. He was mayor when the school opened in 1962.[5][6]

Prior to serving as mayor of Raleigh, Enloe worked as a district manager for Wilby-Kincey Theaters.[7] He was still affiliated with the theaters during his term as mayor. As mayor, Enloe dealt with sit-ins at lunch counters and other pro-integration demonstrations.[8] Among the targets of some demonstrators were movie theaters owned by the chain for which Enloe worked as district manager, which were designed to accommodate Jim Crow era segregation, with separate seating arrangements. Enloe resisted the efforts to integrate the theater. Eventually, in a meeting with United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, he agreed to begin desegregating the theaters, starting with those in Greensboro, then Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Durham, and finally Raleigh.[9] In response to the civil rights movement and to avoid violence, Mayor Enloe created a biracial Committee of One Hundred.[10] He was considered moderate on the issue of race relations.

Enloe died at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. He is buried next to his wife, Ruth Erskine Enloe, in Raleigh's Historic Oakwood Cemetery.[11] They had one son, William G. Enloe II.[12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Enloe, William Gilmore (1902) › Page 2 - Fold3.com". fold3.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007), www.ancestry.com, Database online.
  3. ↑ Historic Oakwood Cemetery
  4. ↑ "raleighnc.gov". raleigh-nc.org. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "William G Enloe High School". publicschoolreview.com. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Enloe's name caught up in diversity debate
  7. ↑ "Named Schools, WCPSS". wcpss.net. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  8. ↑ http://web.co.wake.nc.us/lee/vf/cr/demo/sitins/ral/news/19600211lchc/19600211lchc.pdf
  9. ↑ Covington, Howard E.; Ellis, Marion A. (1999), Terry Sanford: Politics, Progress, and Outrageous Ambitions (illustrated ed.), Duke University Press, p. 315, ISBN 9780822323563
  10. ↑ "Communists on Campus". google.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  11. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83480475
  12. ↑ William Gilmore Enloe, Jr


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