African Americans in Durham

The John Hope Franklin Research Center contains many materialspertaining to African American life in Durham, North Carolina inthe twentieth century. Researchers interested in African Americanlife in Durham should see the following collections:

Manuscript Collections

• Helen G. Edmonds Papers
• Rencher Nicholas Harris Papers
• Gwendolyn M. Parker Papers
• William Gaston Pearson Scrapbook
• Fannie B. Rosser Papers
• Clydie Fullwood Scarborough Papers
• Asa and Elna Spaulding Papers
• Charles C. Spaulding Papers
• Earl E. Thorpe Papers
• Chris D. Howard Papers
• Benjamin Muse Memoranda Series
• Civil Rights in Durham Semans Interview Notes
• Women-in-Action For Prevention of Violence Papers

Oral History Collections

• Behind the Veil
• Duke Oral History Project
• Eva J. Salber

Photographic Collections

• Griffith J. Davis Papers
• Photos in Rencher Nicholas Harris Papers
• Documentary Photography Collection

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