William G. Enloe

Who was William G. Enloe?

William Gillmore Enloe was the Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina from 1957–1963. 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.

As mayor, Enloe dealt with sit-ins at lunch counters and other pro-integration demonstrations. Among the targets of some demonstrators were movie theaters owned by the chain for which Enloe worked as district manager. In response to the civil rights movement and to avoid violence, Mayor Enloe created a biracial Committee of One Hundred.

Enloe is buried in Raleigh's Historic Oakwood Cemetery.