Black Oral HIstories of Beaufort County

Nancy Burroughs: Overcoming life’s challenges
To say it has been an interesting life for Washington, North Carolina native Nancy Burroughs would be an understatement. When she was two weeks old, her mother gave her up to her sister, who was only 15 at the time. She went on to work in the banking industry for over 30 years in New York. She holds 13 college degrees, serves as the bishop of her own church, opened two biblical colleges, and currently sits on the Human Relations Council in Washington.