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Explore Durham’s history and culture with these resources:
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27 Views of Durham : the Bull City in prose & poetry
Durham County : a history of Durham County, North Carolina
Durham Technical Community College : celebrating 50 years, 1961-2011
A Palette, Not a Portrait : stories from the life of Nathan Garrett
Upbuilding Black Durham : gender, class, and Black community development in the Jim Crow South
Durham Tales : the Morris Street maple, the plastic cow, the Durham Day that was & more
Durham, a Self-Portrait [DVD]
Our Separate Ways : women and the Black Freedom Movement in Durham, North Carolina
Favored by Fortune : George W. Watts & the Hills of Durham
Durham’s Hayti
Mary : an autobiography
Use the online catalog to find call numbers and more information about these materials.
For more information:
Read a list of 300 things that make Durham Great from the Durham Convention & Visitor’s Bureau.
Visit Open Durham a highly interlinked archive/inventory of information about people, places, and history in Durham, NC with excellent photos.
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Check out the Museum of Durham History and visit the Durham History Hub in downtown Durham.
Learn about Durham’s “Black Wall Street” from LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Education
