By Dr. Glen Bowman | The Daily Advance (Elizabeth, NC) Throughout its history, the institution now called Elizabeth City State University has brought in renowned commencement speakers — for example, W.E.B. DuBois, Gov. Terry Sanford, and Gov. Pat McCrory, who will be addressing the graduates on May 9. George Henry White, the bravest of all such luminaries, spoke in 1896. There were only seven graduates — but that number was seven more than Fayetteville, Winston-Salem, and Ply