Timeline of Durham, North Carolina
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Durham, North Carolina, USA.
19th century[edit]
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- 1865 - April 26: Confederate "Johnston surrenders to Sherman at Bennett House, near Durham."[1]
- 1867 - Durham incorporated.[2]
- 1869 - Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded in Hayti.[3]
- 1880 - Population: 2,041.[4]
- 1881
- Town becomes seat of newly established Durham County.[2][5]
- W. Duke Sons & Company tobacco manufacturer in business.[6]
- 1887
- 1888 - Emmanuel AME Church built.
- 1889
- 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[edit]
- 1901
- "Durham City limits quadruple in size."[12]
- Lincoln Hospital established.[13]
- 1906
- Durham Chamber of Commerce established.[10]
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church built.[1][14]
- 1908 - St. Joseph's Episcopal Church built.
- 1909
- 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".[1]
- 1925
- North Carolina College for Negroes active.
- Daisy Scarborough Nursery School founded.[17]
- 1926 - Duke University's Divinity School established.[18]
- 1930
- Ephphatha Church built.
- Duke University's School of Medicine opens.[18]
- Population: 52,037.[4]
- 1933
- Desegregation lawsuit Hocutt v. Wilson filed.
- Calvert Method School founded.[19]
- 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.[24]
- 1968 - City Human Relations Commission[24] and Women-in-Action for the Prevention of Violence and Its Causes[17][24] established.
- 1969
- March 11: Student demonstration.[11][18]
- North Carolina Central University active.
- Duke University's School of Business and Museum of Art established.[18]
- 1970
- Institute for Southern Studies headquartered in Durham.
- Population: 100,768 city;[4] 446,074 metro.
- 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
- Herald-Sun newspaper in publication.[9]
- Carmike Cinema 7 in business.[15]
- 1993 - Sylvia Kerckhoff becomes mayor.[4]
- 1995 - Old West Durham Neighborhood Association established.[10]
- 1997
- City website online (approximate date).[25][chronology citation needed]
- Nick Tennyson becomes mayor.[4]
- 1998
- 2000 - Population: 187,035 city;[26] 1,187,941 metro.
21st century[edit]
- 2001 - Bill Bell becomes mayor.[4]
- 2002 - Buddhist Mindfulness Practice Center founded.[14]
- 2004 - G. K. Butterfield becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 1st congressional district.[27]
- 2005 - Duke University's Nasher Museum of Art building opens.[18]
- 2006 - Duke lacrosse scandal occurs.[18]
- 2007 - Southern Coalition for Social Justice formed.[2]
- 2010 - Population: 228,330 city;[28] 1,749,525 metro.
See also[edit]
- Durham history
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Durham County, North Carolina
- Duke University timeline
- Timelines of other cities in North Carolina: Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Raleigh, Wilmington, Winston-Salem
References[edit]
- ^ a b Federal Writers’ Project 1939, p. 567: "Chronology"
- ^ a b Federal Writers’ Project 1939: "Durham"
- ^ Brown 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Anderson 2011.
- ^ Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "North Carolina: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ Durden 1975.
- ^ "Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ a b Gary Kueber (ed.). "Open Durham". Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Durham County Library. "North Carolina Collection: Papers of Local Individuals & Organizations". Durham County. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Timeline of North Carolina History". NCpedia. State Library of North Carolina.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Pluralism Project. "Durham, NC". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Movie Theaters in Durham, NC". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ a b "African American newspapers in North Carolina". Research Guides for North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ a b "Manuscript and Archives Reference System". State Archives of North Carolina. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "Timeline of Duke University History". Duke University Libraries. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b American Association for State and Local History (2002). "North Carolina". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
- ^ a b c Greene 1996.
- ^ "City of Durham, North Carolina". Archived from the original on February 1997 – 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[edit]
- 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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link). + 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
- Bull Durham: Business Bonanza, BWC Roberts and Snow E. Roberts (2002)
- Our Separate Ways: Women and The Black Freedom Movement in Durham, North Carolina, Christina Greene (2005)
- Leslie Brown (2009). Upbuilding Black Durham: Gender, Class, and Black Community Development in the Jim Crow South. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-7753-1.
- Jean Bradley Anderson (2011). Durham County: A History of Durham County, North Carolina (2nd ed.). Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-4983-9.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Durham, North Carolina.
- Durham County Library. "North Carolina Collection". Durham County. (city directories, etc.)
- "Durham and Local History". Research Guides. Duke University Libraries.
- Items related to Durham, NC, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).