In January 1881 Caleb B. Green, a representative for Orange County in the state legislature, introduced a bill to establish a new county to be called Durham. The city of Durham was situated in eastern Orange County, and Hillsborough, the county seat, was fourteen miles away. With one train going to Hillsborough in the morning […]
In 1985 Wib Gulley was elected Durham’s mayor of Durham, a position he used to improve the city’s transportation and infrastructure, always with an eye towards environmental, social, and preservation concerns. He negotiated the city’s acquisition of the local bus system from the Duke Power Company and improved the city’s streets, sewer, water, and solid […]
William Bradley Umstead (1895-1954) was a soldier, statesman, and the only Durham County native to fill the state’s highest office. He was born on a farm in Durham County in 1895 and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned a degree in history in 1916. After a year of teaching, […]
William Bradley Umstead (1895-1954) was a soldier, statesman, and the only Durham County native to fill the state’s highest office. He was born on a farm in Durham County in 1895 and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned a degree in history in 1916. After a year of teaching, […]
Willie Preston Mangum was born in Orange County in 1792. A well-educated, ambitious man and a talented orator with great personal charm, he was elected to the state legislature at the young age of 26. A slaveholder and supporter of states’ rights, he rose quickly within the ranks of the antebellum political system. He served […]
In 1972 Durham native Henry M. “Mickey” Michaux, Jr., (1930-present)became Durham County’s first black representative in the North Carolina state legislature. He held office from 1973 to 77, was elected again in 1983, and continues to serve as of 2013. He is the longest serving member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. In 1977 […]
Durham native Willis Padgett Whichard (1940-present) is the only person in North Carolina history to have served in both houses of the state legislature, on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and on the North Carolina Supreme Court. He obtained his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and […]
Durham native Willis Padgett Whichard (1940 – present) is the only person in North Carolina history to have served in both houses of the state legislature, on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and on the North Carolina Supreme Court. He obtained his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel […]
The Durham Committee on Negro Affairs was established in 1935, marking the beginning of the modern phase of the quest for civil rights in Durham. In this photograph the Committee is meeting with Luther Hodges, governor of North Carolina from 1954 to 1961 and United States secretary of commerce from 1961 to 1965. Described by […]
Left to right, Terry Sanford, Luther Hodges, Adlai Stevenson, and Mutt Evans. On October 21, 1960, two-time presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson came to Durham while campaigning for John F. Kennedy. After speeches by Durham Mayor Mutt Evans and North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry Sanford introduced Stevenson to the crowd gathered at […]
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