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Timeline of Durham, North Carolina

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Durham, North Carolina, USA.

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19th century

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  • 1865 - April 26: Confederate "Johnston surrenders to Sherman at Bennett House, near Durham."{{sfn|Federal Writers’ Project|1939|ps=: "Chronology"|page=567}}
  • 1867 - Durham incorporated.{{sfn|Federal Writers’ Project|1939|ps=: "Durham"}}
  • 1869 - Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded in Hayti.{{sfn|Brown|2009}}
  • 1880 - Population: 2,041.{{sfn|Anderson|2011}}
  • 1881
  • Town becomes seat of newly established Durham County.{{sfn|Federal Writers’ Project|1939|ps=: "Durham"}}{{cite web |url= http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/pages/North_Carolina.html |title= North Carolina: Individual County Chronologies |work=Atlas of Historical County Boundaries |author=Scholl Center for American History and Culture |publisher=Newberry Library |location=Chicago |access-date=June 23, 2015 }}
  • W. Duke Sons & Company tobacco manufacturer in business.{{sfn|Durden|1975}}
  • 1887
  • Durham Hebrew Congregation established (approximate date).{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://www.isjl.org/north-carolina-durham-encyclopedia.html |title= Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina |encyclopedia= Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities |publisher= Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life |location=Jackson, Mississippi |access-date=June 23, 2015 }}
  • 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.{{sfn|Anderson|2011}}
  • 1891 - St. Joseph's African Methodist Episcopal Church built.
  • 1892 - Trinity College relocates to Durham.
  • 1894 - Morning Herald newspaper in publication.{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=North+Carolina&city=Durham&rows=50&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington, D.C. |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=June 23, 2015 }}
  • 1898 - North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company in business.

20th century

  • 1901
  • "Durham City limits quadruple in size."
  • Lincoln Hospital established.{{cite web |url=http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/franklin/collections/durham_afams |work= Franklin Research Center Collections and Guides |title=African Americans in Durham |author=Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library |publisher=Duke University |access-date=September 21, 2016 |author-link= Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library }}
  • 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.{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/north-carolina/durham?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Durham, NC |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date=June 23, 2015 }}
  • Ebenezer Baptist Church established.{{cite web |url=http://www.opendurham.org |title=Open Durham |editor=Gary Kueber |access-date=June 23, 2015 }}
  • 1910 - Population: 18,241.{{sfn|Anderson|2011}}
  • 1913 - Durham Colored Library founded.{{cite web |url= http://durhamcountylibrary.org/exhibits/jeanes/index.php |title=The Times (timeline) |work=The Women Who Ran the Schools: The Jeanes Teachers and Durham County's Rural Black Schools |author=Durham County Library |series=North Carolina Collection: Exhibits |year=2011 }}
  • 1919 - Carolina Times newspaper begins publication.{{cite web |url=http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/guides/process_browse.php?tab=guides&subject=North+Carolina |title=African American newspapers in North Carolina |work=Research Guides for North Carolina |publisher= University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries |access-date=June 23, 2015 }}
  • 1923
  • Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church built
  • National Religious Training School and Chautauqua opens.{{cite web |url=http://www.ncpedia.org/history |title=Timeline of North Carolina History |work=NCpedia |publisher=State Library of North Carolina }}
  • 1924
  • Trinity College renamed "Duke University".{{sfn|Federal Writers’ Project|1939|ps=: "Chronology"|page=567}}
  • Trinity United Methodist Church built
  • 1925
  • North Carolina College for Negroes active.
  • Daisy Scarborough Nursery School founded.{{cite web |url=http://mars.archives.ncdcr.gov/BasicSearch.aspx |title=Manuscript and Archives Reference System |publisher=State Archives of North Carolina |access-date=June 23, 2015 }}
  • Asbury Temple Methodist Church built
  • Watts Street Baptist Church built
  • Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church built
  • 1926
  • Duke University's Divinity School established.{{cite web |access-date=June 23, 2015 |title=Timeline of Duke University History |publisher=Duke University Libraries |url=http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/collections/corporations/dukeuniversity/ }}
  • Asbury United Methodist Church built
  • 1927
  • First Baptist Church built
  • 1930
  • Ephphatha Church built.
  • Duke University's School of Medicine opens.
  • Population: 52,037.{{sfn|Anderson|2011}}
  • 1933
  • Desegregation lawsuit Hocutt v. Wilson filed.
  • Calvert Method School founded.
  • 1934 - WDNC radio begins broadcasting.{{citation |title=Radio Annual |oclc=2459636 |year=1939 |editor= Jack Alicoate |publisher= Radio Daily |location=New York |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/radioannual193900radi#page/324/mode/1up |chapter= Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: North Carolina }}
  • 1936 - Three Arts founded.{{cite web |url=http://durhamcountylibrary.org/ncc/archives/ |title=North Carolina Collection: Papers of Local Individuals & Organizations |publisher=Durham County |author=Durham County Library |access-date=June 23, 2015 }}
  • 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.{{sfn|Anderson|2011}}
  • 1954 - WTVD (television) begins broadcasting.{{citation |title=Radio Annual and Television Year Book |oclc=10512206 |year=1960 |editor=Charles A. Alicoate |publisher= Radio Daily Corp. |location=New York |chapter=Television Stations: North Carolina |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/radio00radi#page/833/mode/2up }}
  • 1955 - Raleigh-Durham Airport terminal opens.
  • 1957 - June 23: Royal Ice Cream Sit-in protest for civil rights.
  • 1958 - Durham Redevelopment Commission{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalnc.org/collections/ |title=Collections & Exhibits |work=Digital NC |publisher= University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Digital Heritage Center |access-date=June 23, 2015 }} and Research Triangle Institute{{cite web |url= https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/search?c_code%5Bid%5D=&ntee%5Bid%5D=&order=revenue&q=durham&sort_order=desc&state%5Bid%5D=NC&utf8=✓ |publisher=ProPublica |location=New York |title=Durham, North Carolina |work=Nonprofit Explorer |date=9 May 2013 |editor=Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei |access-date=June 23, 2015 }} founded.
  • 1959 - Research Triangle Park established.
  • 1960 - Population: 84,642.{{sfn|Anderson|2011}}
  • 1961 - Durham Industrial Education Center opens.
  • 1962 - Carolina Friends School and Bennett Place state historic site{{cite book |title=Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada |year=2002 |edition=15th |isbn=0759100020 |author= American Association for State and Local History |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LY0Q5Rv4O3YC&pg=PA604 |chapter=North Carolina |publisher=Rowman Altamira }}
  • 1964 - Anti-poverty Operation Breakthrough (program) established.
  • 1966 - United Organizations for Community Improvement formed.{{sfn|Greene|1996}}
  • 1968 - City Human Relations Commission{{sfn|Greene|1996}} and Women-in-Action for the Prevention of Violence and Its Causes{{sfn|Greene|1996}} 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;{{sfn|Anderson|2011}} 446,074 metro.
  • 1972 - Durham Voters Alliance founded.
  • 1974 - Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory state historic site established.
  • 1975 - Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center founded.{{cite web |url= http://www.pluralism.org/directory/index/country:US/state:NC/city:Durham/tag:-1 |title=Durham, NC |work=Directory of Religious Centers |author=Pluralism Project |publisher=Harvard University |access-date=June 23, 2015 }}
  • 1980 - Population: 100,831 city;{{sfn|Anderson|2011}} 560,774 metro.
  • 1985 - Atlantic Coast Sikh Association headquartered in Durham.
  • 1990 - Population: 154,580 city;{{sfn|Anderson|2011}} 735,480 metro.
  • 1991
  • Herald-Sun newspaper in publication.
  • Carmike Cinema 7 in business.
  • 1993 - Sylvia Kerckhoff becomes mayor.{{sfn|Anderson|2011}}
  • 1995 - Old West Durham Neighborhood Association established.
  • 1997
  • City website online (approximate date).{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19970214025541/http://www.ci.durham.nc.us/ |url= http://www.ci.durham.nc.us/ |archive-date= 1997-02-14 |title= City of Durham, North Carolina |via= Internet Archive, Wayback Machine }}{{Chronology citation needed|date=January 2016}}
  • Nick Tennyson becomes mayor.{{sfn|Anderson|2011}}
  • 1998
  • Triangle Tribune newspaper begins publication.
  • WRAZ (TV) begins broadcasting from Durham.
  • 2000 - Population: 187,035 city;{{cite web |publisher=US Census Bureau |series= State & County QuickFacts |work=Durham city, North Carolina QuickLinks |title=Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 |url= http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/3719000lk.html }} 1,187,941 metro.

21st century

  • 2001 - Bill Bell becomes mayor.{{sfn|Anderson|2011}}
  • 2002 - Buddhist Mindfulness Practice Center founded.
  • 2004 - G. K. Butterfield becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 1st congressional district.{{cite web |url= http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members |title=Members of Congress |work=GovTrack |author=Civic Impulse, LLC |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=June 23, 2015 }}
  • 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;{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/3719000.html |title=Durham (city), North Carolina |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=June 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622132111/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/3719000.html |archive-date=June 22, 2015 }} 1,749,525 metro.

See also

References

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Bibliography

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;Published in the 20th century

  • {{cite journal |journal=The World's Work |author=W. E. B. Du Bois |title= Upbuilding of Black Durham: The Success of the Negroes and their Value to a Tolerant and Helpful Southern City |volume= 23 |year= 1912 |hdl=2027/hvd.32044092798693 |author-link=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)
  • {{cite book

|author=Federal Writers’ Project |title= North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State |series=American Guide Series

|year= 1939

|chapter=Durham |page=169+ |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/northcarolinagui00fede#page/169/mode/1up |via=Open Library

| ref = {{harvid|Federal Writers’ Project|1939}}

|author-link= Federal Writers’ Project }}. + [https://archive.org/stream/northcarolinagui00fede#page/567/mode/1up Chronology]

  • {{cite book|author= Robert Franklin Durden |title=The Dukes of Durham, 1865-1929|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U4rpkYZsOggC|year=1975|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0-8223-0330-2

| ref = {{harvid|Durden|1975}}

}}

  • Durham: A Pictorial History, by Joel Kostyu (1978)
  • {{Citation |publisher = E.P. Dutton |location = New York |title = Encyclopedia of American Cities |date = 1980 |ol=4120668M |editor=Ory Mazar Nergal |chapter=Durham, NC }}
  • Durham Architectural and Historic Inventory. Published by the City of Durham (1982)
  • {{cite journal

|title='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 |author= Christina Greene |journal= Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies |volume= 16 |issue= 2/3 |pages= 190–217 |year=1996 |jstor= 3346808

| ref = {{harvid|Greene|1996}}

|doi= 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)
  • {{cite book

|author=Leslie Brown|title=Upbuilding Black Durham: Gender, Class, and Black Community Development in the Jim Crow South|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4HyZYq7VlYC|year= 2009|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|isbn=978-0-8078-7753-1

| ref = {{harvid|Brown|2009}}

}}

  • {{cite book|author=Jean Bradley Anderson|title=Durham County: A History of Durham County, North Carolina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4gyxDsR0t7QC|year= 2011 |edition=2nd |publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-4983-9

| ref = {{harvid|Anderson|2011}}

}}

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External links

{{Commons category|History of Durham, North Carolina}}

  • {{cite web |url=http://durhamcountylibrary.org/ncc/ |title= North Carolina Collection |publisher=Durham County |author=Durham County Library }} (city directories, etc.)
  • {{cite web |url=http://guides.library.duke.edu/durham |title=Durham and Local History |work=Research Guides |publisher=Duke University Libraries }}
  • [http://dp.la/search?utf8=✓&page_size=100&q=durham+%22north+carolina%22 Items related to Durham, NC], various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

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