Murphey School dedicates Ralph Campbell Library

RALEIGH - On Sept. 6, 1960, 7-year-old Bill Campbell was told by his mother to "keep your head down and count the steps," as he became the first black student to integrate all-white Murphey School.

Now, 5 1 years later, the school, which has since gone through several transformations, dedicated on Dec. 7 its renovated library the Ralph A. Campbell Jr. Library.

While Bill Campbell would go on to become mayor of Atlanta, his brother, Ralph, became a pillar of the Raleigh community. Ralph Campbell, who died Jan. 11,...