The small Edgecombe County city of Princeville has been plagued by flooding from the Tar River. NC State has sent students and professors from the departments of architecture, landscape architecture, and agricultural and resource economics, and from North Carolina Sea Grant to assist with saving the city from any more damage from flooding.

The small Edgecombe County city of Princeville has been plagued by flooding from the Tar River. NC State has sent students and professors from the departments of architecture, landscape architecture, and agricultural and resource economics, and from North Carolina Sea Grant to assist with saving the city from any more damage from flooding.

Upper Coastal Plain Research Station employees discuss the morning's plan of action while working the Edgecombe County fields.

Upper Coastal Plain Research Station employees discuss the morning's plan of action while working the Edgecombe County fields.

Recently harvested cotton at the Upper Coastal Plain Research Station in Edgecombe County.

Upper Coastal Plain Research Station in Edgecombe County.

Grain silos rise up beyond recently harvested cotton at the Upper Coastal Plain Research Station in Edgecombe County.

Industrial Extension Service and Tri-County Industries in Rocky Mount.

Herbert Tillman stands where he sat when he heard Dr. Martin Luther King speak in Rocky Mount's Booker T. Washington High School gym Nov. 2, 1962.

Herbert Tillman in Rocky Mount's Booker T. Washington High School gym where he heard Dr. Martin Luther King speak Nov. 2, 1962.

Statue of Dr. Martin Luther King in Rocky Mount, NC.

Statue of Dr. Martin Luther King in Rocky Mount.