Durham Civil Rights History Mural Project

On May 18, 1963, students of North Carolina University (now NCCU) and Hillside high school were screened at the city hall. Photograph by Harold Moore by Herald Sun and North Carolina Collection, provided by Durham County Library

In 2013, Durham's latest mural is created and has opportunity to participate. The Durham Civil Rights Historical Mural project is funded by a generous subsidy from the City of Durham and a series of educational seminars will be held in February under the guidance of Dr. Benjamin Spelle. Dr. Sperr served as Dean of Library and Information Science Department at North Carolina Chuo University from 1983 to 2004. From 2000 to 2004 he was a scholar of Durham's civil rights history and served as the president of Durham. These seminars are open to the public free of charge. Together we learned about the deep history of Durham and 30 community participants will cooperate under the guidance of mural painter Brenda Miller Holmes and turn this knowledge into a mural painting design. Then we will cooperate to draw 800 square feet mural in downtown Durham. Do you want to join us?

We are looking for 30 Durham resident, 15 young people (15-20 years old) and 15 adults (21 years old - elderly) to participate. If you are interested, fill in the application by clicking one of the links below. Information on the form is collected to select interested participants, but there is no "right" answer for these questions. What we are most interested in is a multi-generation passionate Durhamites team gathering everything during the project period and selecting participants based on a team-balanced compatible timeline is. What we want to emphasize is that we encourage all those interested in learning together as a community. In addition to 30 core participants, there are many opportunities to participate, so if you want to join but can not complete the whole project please send us a form and let us know. The completed form can be mailed to e-mail (below e-mail) or Durham NC 27713 1006 Lansing Avenue. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact brenda@brendamillerholmes.com.

Durham's civil rights mural is next to the Durham Arts Council. Artist Brenda Miller Holmes will help members of the community create various opportunities in the range of 15 to 65 to participate in this community-centered project. This painting depicts local leaders fighting for citizenship, including Dr. Aaron Moore who established the first African-American hospital in Durham and Richard Fitzgerald who succeeded Durham is. Bricklayer, Ann Atwater, civil rights activist, and leader of CP Ellis, former KKK, became Atwater's unlikely friends from apartheid supporters to apartheid

In 2013, Durham's latest mural is created and has opportunity to participate. The Durham Civil Rights Historical Mural project is funded by a generous subsidy from the City of Durham and a series of educational seminars will be held in February under the guidance of Dr. Benjamin Spelle. Dr. Sperr served as Dean of Library and Information Science Department at North Carolina Chuo University from 1983 to 2004. From 2000 to 2004 he was a scholar of Durham's civil rights history and served as the president of Durham. These seminars are open to the public free of charge. Together we learned about the deep history of Durham and 30 community participants will cooperate under the guidance of mural painter Brenda Miller Holmes and turn this knowledge into a mural painting design. Then we will cooperate to draw 800 square feet mural in downtown Durham. Do you want to join us?

The story of collaborative work tells part of the project "face up: talk about local life." This mural is part of a series of 14 permanent murals by Durham. This project is led by public artist Brett Cook, who is collaborating on community art for over 20 years. "Opinion: Talk about community life" is a collaborative work between the documentary research center of Duke University and the quality project of Durham life in southwest and the Duke regional social bureau.