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The following is a
timeline of the
history of the city of
Durham ,
North Carolina , USA.
19th century
1865 - April 26: Confederate "
Johnston surrenders to
Sherman at
Bennett House , near Durham."
1867 - Durham incorporated.
1869 - Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded in
Hayti .
1880 - Population: 2,041.
[4]
1881
1887
Durham Hebrew Congregation established (approximate date).
[7]
Main Street Methodist Church built.
[8]
1888 -
Emmanuel AME Church built.
1889
Durham Daily Sun newspaper in publication.
[9]
First Christian and Missionary Alliance Church founded.
[10]
1890 - Population: 5,485.
[4]
1891 -
St. Joseph's African Methodist Episcopal Church built.
1892 -
Trinity College relocates to Durham.
1894 - Morning Herald newspaper in publication.
[9]
1898 -
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company in business.
[11]
20th century
1901
1906
1908 -
St. Joseph's Episcopal Church built.
1909
Arcade Theatre built.
[15]
Ebenezer Baptist Church established.
[8]
1910 - Population: 18,241.
[4]
1913 - Durham Colored Library founded.
[12]
1919 - Carolina Times newspaper begins publication.
[9]
[16]
1923 -
National Religious Training School and Chautauqua opens.
[11]
1924 - Trinity College renamed "
Duke University ".
1925
1926 - Duke University's
Divinity School established.
[18]
1930
1933
1934 - WDNC
radio begins broadcasting.
[20]
1936 - Three Arts founded.
[10]
1939
North Carolina College for Negroes law school established.
Center Theatre opens.
[15]
1944 - Durham Labor Journal begins publication.
[9]
1945 - Durham Drive-In cinema opens.
[15]
1950 - Population: 73,368.
[4]
1954 - WTVD (
television ) begins broadcasting.
[21]
1955 -
Raleigh-Durham Airport terminal opens.
[11]
1957 - June 23:
Royal Ice Cream Sit-in protest for civil rights.
[11]
1958 - Durham Redevelopment Commission
[22] and
Research Triangle Institute
[19] founded.
1959 -
Research Triangle Park established.
1960 - Population: 84,642.
[4]
1961 -
Durham Industrial Education Center opens.
1962 -
Carolina Friends School
[19] and
Bennett Place state historic site
[23]
1964 - Anti-poverty
Operation Breakthrough (program) established.
1966 - United Organizations for Community Improvement formed.
1968 - City Human Relations Commission and Women-in-Action for the Prevention of Violence and Its Causes
[17] established.
1969
1970
1972 - Durham Voters Alliance founded.
[10]
1974 -
Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory state historic site established.
[23]
1975 - Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center founded.
[14]
1980 - Population: 100,831 city;
[4] 560,774
metro .
1985 - Atlantic Coast Sikh Association headquartered in Durham.
[14]
1990 - Population: 154,580 city;
[4] 735,480
metro .
1991
1993 - Sylvia Kerckhoff becomes mayor.
[4]
1995 - Old West Durham Neighborhood Association established.
[10]
1997
1998
Triangle Tribune newspaper begins publication.
[9]
[16]
WRAZ (TV) begins broadcasting from Durham.
2000 - Population: 187,035 city;
[26] 1,187,941
metro .
21st century
See also
References
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Anderson 2011 .
^ Scholl Center for American History and Culture.
"North Carolina: Individual County Chronologies" . Atlas of Historical County Boundaries . Chicago:
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"Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina" . Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities . Jackson, Mississippi:
Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life . Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
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b Gary Kueber (ed.).
"Open Durham" . Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
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"US Newspaper Directory" . Chronicling America . Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
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e Durham County Library.
"North Carolina Collection: Papers of Local Individuals & Organizations" . Durham County. Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
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"Timeline of North Carolina History" . NCpedia . State Library of North Carolina.
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a
b Durham County Library (2011).
"The Times (timeline)" . The Women Who Ran the Schools: The Jeanes Teachers and Durham County's Rural Black Schools . North Carolina Collection: Exhibits.
^
Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library .
"African Americans in Durham" . Franklin Research Center Collections and Guides . Duke University. Retrieved September 21, 2016 .
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b
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d Pluralism Project.
"Durham, NC" . Directory of Religious Centers . Harvard University. Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
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"Movie Theaters in Durham, NC" . CinemaTreasures.org . Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
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"African American newspapers in North Carolina" . Research Guides for North Carolina . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries. Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
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"Manuscript and Archives Reference System" . State Archives of North Carolina. Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
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"Timeline of Duke University History" . Duke University Libraries. Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
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c Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei, ed. (9 May 2013).
"Durham, North Carolina" . Nonprofit Explorer . New York:
ProPublica . Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939),
"Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: North Carolina" , Radio Annual , New York: Radio Daily,
OCLC
2459636
^ Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960),
"Television Stations: North Carolina" , Radio Annual and Television Year Book , New York: Radio Daily Corp.,
OCLC
10512206
^
"Collections & Exhibits" . Digital NC . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
North Carolina Digital Heritage Center . Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
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a
b American Association for State and Local History (2002).
"North Carolina" . Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira.
ISBN
0759100020 .
^
"City of Durham, North Carolina" . Archived from
the original on 1997-02-14 – via Internet Archive,
Wayback Machine .
^
"Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000" . Durham city, North Carolina QuickLinks . State & County QuickFacts. US Census Bureau.
^ Civic Impulse, LLC.
"Members of Congress" .
GovTrack . Washington, D.C. Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
^
"Durham (city), North Carolina" . State & County QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from
the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
Bibliography
Published in the 20th century
W. E. B. Du Bois (1912). "Upbuilding of Black Durham: The Success of the Negroes and their Value to a Tolerant and Helpful Southern City".
The World's Work . 23 .
hdl :
2027/hvd.32044092798693 .
Story of Durham: City of the New South, William Boyd (1925)
Durham, NC: A Center of Education and Industry (1926)
Federal Writers’ Project (1939).
"Durham" . North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State .
American Guide Series . p. 169+ – via Open Library. {{
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Chronology
Robert Franklin Durden (1975).
The Dukes of Durham, 1865-1929 . Duke University Press.
ISBN
0-8223-0330-2 .
Durham: A Pictorial History, by Joel Kostyu (1978)
Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Durham, NC", Encyclopedia of American Cities , New York:
E.P. Dutton ,
OL
4120668M
Durham Architectural and Historic Inventory. Published by the City of Durham (1982)
Christina Greene (1996). " 'In the Best Interest of the Total Community'?: Women-in-Action and the Problems of Building Interracial, Cross-Class Alliances in Durham, North Carolina, 1968-1975". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies . 16 (2/3): 190–217.
doi :
10.2307/3346808 .
JSTOR
3346808 .
Published in the 21st century
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