The Good Neighbor Council was an effort in North Carolina proposed by Governor Terry Sanford to fight racial segregation and encourage the employment of Black people in the state.
David S. Coltrane was the first chairman and director of the Good Neighbor Council.
On January 18, 1963, Governor Terry Sanford created the Good Neighbor Council to help ease racial tensions that were building in the state because of civil rights struggles and integration issues.
[1] Governor Sanford established this council on January 13, 1968, and appointed David S. Coltrane as the first Chairman and Executive Director.
The Good Neighbor Council evolved into the state's North Carolina Human Relations Council, now North Carolina Human Relations Commission.