rdubaton
August 04, 2016 at 09:40PM
One of my favorite examples of Durham’s architectural diversity is the modernist Emanuel Evans House in the Trinity Park neighborhood. It was built by Durham’s first Jewish mayor, Emanuel Evans, who got elected in 1951 by forming coalitions with black business leaders and voters. Evans served a record six terms. Before he was mayor he ran a chain of department stores, and his store was the only business in Durham with a desegregated lunch counter–where both black people and white people could eat together. When a judge ordered him to partition the lunch counter to separate black and white customers, Evans skirted the ruling: he realized it technically only applied to seated lunch counters, so he removed the stools and raised the counter to elbow height to serve people standing up. During his time as mayor he also helped desegregate Durham’s public school system with the aid of his black constituency. @bottlefingers #durm #durham #durhamnc #nc #northcarolina #raleigh #chapelhill #rdu #researchtriangle #researchtrianglepark #emanuelevans #desegregation #jimcrow #modernarchitecture #modern #architecture / on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/BItXsWehHyl/
August 04, 2016 at 09:40PM
One of my favorite examples of Durham’s architectural diversity is the modernist Emanuel Evans House in the Trinity Park neighborhood. It was built by Durham’s first Jewish mayor, Emanuel Evans, who got elected in 1951 by forming coalitions with black business leaders and voters. Evans served a record six terms. Before he was mayor he ran a chain of department stores, and his store was the only business in Durham with a desegregated lunch counter–where both black people and white people could eat together. When a judge ordered him to partition the lunch counter to separate black and white customers, Evans skirted the ruling: he realized it technically only applied to seated lunch counters, so he removed the stools and raised the counter to elbow height to serve people standing up. During his time as mayor he also helped desegregate Durham’s public school system with the aid of his black constituency. @bottlefingers #durm #durham #durhamnc #nc #northcarolina #raleigh #chapelhill #rdu #researchtriangle #researchtrianglepark #emanuelevans #desegregation #jimcrow #modernarchitecture #modern #architecture / on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/BItXsWehHyl/