Broughton, Needham B.
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Broughton, Needham B.
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Needham B. Broughton was a founder of the Edwards & Broughton printing company, a North Carolina State Senator, an avid white supremacist, and a member of the Meredith College Board of Trustees.
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Needham B. Broughton was an American printer, Baptist, and politician. He was born in 1848 on a farm in Auburn, North Carolina. In May of 1869, he married Caroline R. Lougee. Together they had six children. Broughton was an active Baptist church member and was appointed superintendent of its Sunday school. He was also made vice-president of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. In 1872, he and C.B. Edwards established the Edwards & Broughton Printing Company. It quickly became one of the largest printers in North Carolina, and for a time it did most of the printing and binding of state publications.
Broughton served as a North Carolina state senator from 1901-1903. Broughton, an educational advocate, strongly supported women's education and served on Meredith's board of trustees, shaping the direction of the newly founded college. Broughton actively supported white supremacy and served as the Vice President of the News and Observer, the Raleigh newspaper that stridently defended white supremacist policy and policy makers. When nominated for the state senate, Broughton expressed that he was confident "that we are speedily coming to the day when White men and White men only will rule in North Carolina.” The Old South and the Confederacy were regularly honored by early Meredith College community members. In 1895, Trustees Samuel Wait Brewer (1896–1918) and Needham B. Broughton joined the committee to raise money for the Confederate memorial in Raleigh.
Broughton died on May 5, 1914. In 1929, Needham B. Broughton High School was opened in honor of his service to public education in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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February 14, 1848
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May 26, 1914
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