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Robert Wensell "Wense" Grabarek (May 21, 1919 – December 15, 2019) [1] [2] [3] was an American politician who served as mayor of Durham, North Carolina from 1963 to 1971. Greeted upon entering office with mass civil rights demonstrations, Grabarek was credited with striking a tone of moderation. He established the "Durham Interim Committee ...
A North Carolina medical examiner ruled Bishop's death a homicide and said the death was caused by strangulation. A homicide investigation began six days after Bishop was found. According to search warrants, Alexander Bishop, then a student at Durham Academy, called his mother five times before making the 9-1-1 call. Alexander Bishop told first ...
The Butner-Creedmoor News is a weekly newspaper with coverage area including the towns of Butner, Creedmoor and Stem, as well as Southern Granville, Northern Wake and Northern Durham counties in North Carolina. [4] The newspaper is printed on Fridays and is online as well; it covers local news, area sports, and local obituaries.
The Evans family of Durham, North Carolina, in 1965. From left to right: Evans' mother, Robert, Eli, and his father Emanuel. Evans was the son of Emanuel J. Evans, an American businessman and the first Jewish mayor of Durham, North Carolina, [4] and Sara Nachamson. She was a daughter of retailers Eli and Jenny Nachamson, who owned the United ...
George Bloomer founded Bethel Family Worship Center in 1996, after conducting a 30-day old-fashioned Holy Ghost Crusade in Durham, NC on Liberty Street. The first service began on Sunday morning after the tent revival in the T. Q. Business Complex on Corcoran Street, downtown Durham and later moved their services to 515 Dowd Street in Durham, NC.
Benjamin Sylvester Ruffin (December 11, 1941 – December 7, 2006), also known as Ben Ruffin, was an African American civil rights activist, educator, and businessman in Durham, North Carolina. Growing up during the Civil Rights Movement era, Ruffin's life experience in Durham has provided him with a black consciousness that helped him analyze ...
Bonk was born February 6, 1931, in Menominee, Michigan, the son of Joseph Frank Bond and Beatrice (Colburn) Bond.He died March 15, 2013, in Durham, North Carolina.A memorial service was held at Duke Chapel on March 21, 2013. [12]
Ann George Atwater (July 1, 1935 – June 20, 2016) was an American civil rights activist in Durham, North Carolina.Throughout her career she helped improve the quality of life in Durham through programs such as Operation Breakthrough (Durham, North Carolina), a community organization dedicated to fight the War on Poverty.