- Collection:
- Durham Civil Rights Heritage Project
- Title:
- Durham Civil Rights Heritage Project
- Date of Original:
- 2003/9999
- Subject:
- African Americans--North Carolina--Durham
African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina--Durham
Civil rights--North Carolina--Durham
Segregation--North Carolina--Durham | African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Durham
Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Durham
Race discrimination--North Carolina--Durham
Durham (N.C.)--Race relations | Race relations
Discrimination in public accommodations--North Carolina--Durham
Presidential candidates--United States
Civil rights demonstrations--North Carolina--Durham
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Durham
African American civil rights workers--North Carolina--Durham
Duke University
Orangeburg (S.C)--Race relations
Civil rights workers--Violence against--South Carolina--Orangeburg
Student movements--South Carolina--Orangeburg
Police brutality--South Carolina--Orangeburg - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998
Fuller, Howard
Herzog, Kristin
Holman, Luther M.
Klopfer, Peter
Leslie, Charles
Marsh, Oren
Mason, Beulah
Mayo, Faye Bryant
McKissick, Evelyn
McKissick-Melton, Charmain
Nuchurch, Phyllis
Pyne, Milo
Ryan, Jane T.
Smith, Annie C.
Smith-Wyatt, Jennifer
Speller, Ben
Thomas, Nathan L.
Williams, Virginia - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Durham County, Durham, 35.99403, -78.89862
United States, South Carolina, Orangeburg County, Orangeburg, 33.49182, -80.85565 - Medium:
- online exhibitions
timelines (chronologies)
photographs
oral histories (literary works)
instructional materials - Type:
- MovingImage
StillImage
Sound
Text - Description:
- present the history of the local movement while a timeline compares the national and local movements.
The Durham Civil Rights Heritage Project (DCRHP) was founded to document the history of the Civil Rights Movement in Durham, North Carolina. The project began in 2003 and participants from numerous local heritage and professional organizations contributed. Photographs and oral histories were collected from local citizens. In 2020, the online exhibit was updated to reflect the continuing history of civil rights in Durham.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://www.durhamcountylibrary.org/exhibits/dcrhp/
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- Durham County (N.C.). Library
- Rights: