Segregation

Army Private Booker T. Spicely was shot by a white bus driver after Spicely complained about having to sit in the back.

The state’s first African American-owned transportation company was formed in the mid-1920s and it continued operating until 1972 when it became part of the Winston Salem Transit Authority.

The Museum of Durham History is displaying the sign for Royal Ice Cream, the site of a 1957 sit-in, the state's first civil rights sit-in.

On Feb. 1, 1960, the fight for civil rights changed forever when four freshmen students from North Carolina A&T State University refused to leave a lunch…

On Feb. 1, 1960, the fight for civil rights changed forever when four freshmen students from North Carolina A&T State University refused to leave a lunch…

Former mayor of Durham, Wensell “Wense” Grabarek, died on Sunday, Dec. 15 at the age of 100.Grabarek entered office just as the Civil Rights movement…

Former mayor of Durham, Wensell “Wense” Grabarek, died on Sunday, Dec. 15 at the age of 100.Grabarek entered office just as the Civil Rights movement…

A well-known African American neighborhood in Durham has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The College Heights Historic District…

Racial segregation persists in American neighborhoods, and there is an enduring belief that the divide stems from factors like wealth, personal prejudice,…

Racial segregation persists in American neighborhoods, and there is an enduring belief that the divide stems from factors like wealth, personal prejudice,…