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Ferdinand D. Bluford

1882–1955

United States

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Ferdinand Douglass Bluford (August 4, 1882 – December 21, 1955) was an American educator, and the third president of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Bluford headed the college for 30 years, serving longer than any president or chancellor in the school's history.

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