Timeline of Durham, North Carolina explained

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.
• 1881
  • Town becomes seat of newly established Durham County.^[1]
  • W. Duke Sons & Company tobacco manufacturer in business.
• 1887
  • Durham Hebrew Congregation established (approximate date).^[2]
  • Main Street Methodist Church built.
• 1888 - Emmanuel AME Church built.
• 1889
  • Durham Daily Sun newspaper in publication.
  • First Christian and Missionary Alliance Church founded.
• 1890 - Population: 5,485.
• 1891 - St. Joseph's African Methodist Episcopal Church built.
• 1892 - Trinity College relocates to Durham.
• 1894 - Morning Herald newspaper in publication.^[3]
• 1898 - North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company in business.

20th century

• 1901
  • "Durham City limits quadruple in size."
  • Lincoln Hospital established.^[4]
• 1906
  • Durham Chamber of Commerce established.
  • Immaculate Conception Catholic Church built.http://icdurham.org/index.php/en/about-us/parish-history
• 1908 - St. Joseph's Episcopal Church built.
• 1909
  • Arcade Theatre built.^[5]
  • Ebenezer Baptist Church established.^[6]
• 1910 - Population: 18,241.
• 1913 - Durham Colored Library founded.^[7]
• 1919 - Carolina Times newspaper begins publication.^[8]
• 1923
  • Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church built
  • National Religious Training School and Chautauqua opens.^[9]
• 1924
  • Trinity College renamed "Duke University".
  • Trinity United Methodist Church built
• 1925
  • North Carolina College for Negroes active.
  • Daisy Scarborough Nursery School founded.^[10]
  • Asbury Temple Methodist Church built
  • Watts Street Baptist Church built
  • Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church built
• 1926
  • Duke University's Divinity School established.^[11]
  • Asbury United Methodist Church built
• 1927
  • First Baptist Church built
• 1930
  • Ephphatha Church built.
  • Duke University's School of Medicine opens.
  • Population: 52,037.
• 1933
  • Desegregation lawsuit Hocutt v. Wilson filed.
  • Calvert Method School founded.
• 1934 - WDNC radio begins broadcasting.
• 1936 - Three Arts founded.^[12]
• 1939
  • North Carolina College for Negroes law school established.
  • Center Theatre opens.
• 1944 - Durham Labor Journal begins publication.
• 1945 - Durham Drive-In cinema opens.
• 1950 - Population: 73,368.
• 1954 - WTVD (television) begins broadcasting.
• 1955 - Raleigh-Durham Airport terminal opens.
• 1957 - June 23: Royal Ice Cream Sit-in protest for civil rights.
• 1958 - Durham Redevelopment Commission^[13] and Research Triangle Institute^[14] founded.
• 1959 - Research Triangle Park established.
• 1960 - Population: 84,642.
• 1961 - Durham Industrial Education Center opens.
• 1962 - Carolina Friends School and Bennett Place state historic site^[15]
• 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 established.
• 1969
  • March 11: Student demonstration.
  • North Carolina Central University active.
  • Duke University's School of Business and Museum of Art established.
• 1970
  • Institute for Southern Studies headquartered in Durham.
  • Population: 100,768 city; 446,074 metro.
• 1972 - Durham Voters Alliance founded.
• 1974 - Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory state historic site established.
• 1975 - Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center founded.^[16]
• 1980 - Population: 100,831 city; 560,774 metro.
• 1985 - Atlantic Coast Sikh Association headquartered in Durham.
• 1990 - Population: 154,580 city; 735,480 metro.
• 1991
  • Herald-Sun newspaper in publication.
  • Carmike Cinema 7 in business.
• 1993 - Sylvia Kerckhoff becomes mayor.
• 1995 - Old West Durham Neighborhood Association established.
• 1997
  • City website online (approximate date).^[17]
  • Nick Tennyson becomes mayor.
• 1998
  • Triangle Tribune newspaper begins publication.
  • WRAZ (TV) begins broadcasting from Durham.
• 2000 - Population: 187,035 city;^[18] 1,187,941 metro.

21st century

• 2001 - Bill Bell becomes mayor.
• 2002 - Buddhist Mindfulness Practice Center founded.
• 2004 - G. K. Butterfield becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 1st congressional district.^[19]
• 2005 - Duke University's Nasher Museum of Art building opens.
• 2006 - Duke lacrosse scandal occurs.
• 2007 - Southern Coalition for Social Justice formed.http://www.southerncoalition.org/about/
• 2010 - Population: 228,330 city;^[20] 1,749,525 metro.

See also

• Durham history
• Durham County 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

Bibliography

Published in the 20th century

• . W. E. B. Du Bois . Upbuilding of Black Durham: The Success of the Negroes and their Value to a Tolerant and Helpful Southern City . 23 . 1912 . 2027/hvd.32044092798693 . W. E. B. Du Bois .
• Story of Durham: City of the New South, William Boyd (1925)
• Durham, NC: A Center of Education and Industry (1926)
• Book: Federal Writers’ Project . North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State . . 1939 . Durham . 169+ . https://archive.org/stream/northcarolinagui00fede#page/169/mode/1up . Open Library. . Federal Writers’ Project . . + Chronology
• Book: Robert Franklin Durden . The Dukes of Durham, 1865-1929. 1975. Duke University Press. 0-8223-0330-2. .
• Durham: A Pictorial History, by Joel Kostyu (1978)
  • Durham Architectural and Historic Inventory. Published by the City of Durham (1982)
• '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 . Christina Greene . Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies . 16 . 2/3 . 190–217 . 1996 . 3346808. . 10.2307/3346808 .

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)
• Book: Leslie Brown. Upbuilding Black Durham: Gender, Class, and Black Community Development in the Jim Crow South. 2009. University of North Carolina Press. 978-0-8078-7753-1. .
• Book: Jean Bradley Anderson. Durham County: A History of Durham County, North Carolina. 2011 . 2nd . Duke University Press. 978-0-8223-4983-9. .

External links

• Web site: North Carolina Collection . Durham County . Durham County Library . (city directories, etc.)
• Web site: Durham and Local History . Research Guides . .
• Items related to Durham, NC, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

Notes and References

1. Web site: North Carolina: Individual County Chronologies . Atlas of Historical County Boundaries . Scholl Center for American History and Culture . . Chicago . June 23, 2015 .
2. Encyclopedia: Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina . Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities . . Jackson, Mississippi . June 23, 2015 .
3. Web site: US Newspaper Directory . Washington, D.C. . Chronicling America . Library of Congress . June 23, 2015 .
4. Web site: African Americans in Durham . Franklin Research Center Collections and Guides . Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library . Duke University . September 21, 2016 . Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library .
5. Web site: Movie Theaters in Durham, NC . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . June 23, 2015 .
6. Web site: Open Durham . Gary Kueber . June 23, 2015 .
7. Web site: The Times (timeline) . The Women Who Ran the Schools: The Jeanes Teachers and Durham County's Rural Black Schools . Durham County Library . North Carolina Collection: Exhibits . 2011 .
8. Web site: African American newspapers in North Carolina . Research Guides for North Carolina . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries . June 23, 2015 .
9. Web site: Timeline of North Carolina History . NCpedia . State Library of North Carolina .
10. Web site: Manuscript and Archives Reference System . State Archives of North Carolina . June 23, 2015 .
11. Web site: June 23, 2015 . Timeline of Duke University History . Duke University Libraries .
12. Web site: North Carolina Collection: Papers of Local Individuals & Organizations . Durham County . Durham County Library . June 23, 2015 .
13. Web site: Collections & Exhibits . Digital NC . . June 23, 2015 .
14. Web site: Durham, North Carolina . . New York . Nonprofit Explorer . 9 May 2013 . Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei . June 23, 2015 .
15. Book: Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada . 2002 . 15th . 0759100020 . American Association for State and Local History . https://books.google.com/books?id=LY0Q5Rv4O3YC&pg=PA604 . North Carolina . Rowman Altamira .
16. Web site: Durham, NC . Directory of Religious Centers . Pluralism Project . Harvard University . June 23, 2015 .
17. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/19970214025541/http://www.ci.durham.nc.us/ . City of Durham, North Carolina . 1997-02-14 . .
18. Web site: US Census Bureau . State & County QuickFacts . Durham city, North Carolina QuickLinks . Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 .
19. Web site: Members of Congress . . Civic Impulse, LLC . Washington, D.C. . June 23, 2015 .
20. Web site: Durham (city), North Carolina . State & County QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau . June 23, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150622132111/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/3719000.html . June 22, 2015 .