Williamj Durham News Today

One of the most frustrating things about teaching, researching and writing history is that one often is limited in who to present to the public, which quite often means that

Senior Clemon White talked to the Grayson County Bar Association about civil rights icon William J. Durham.

One of the most influential attorneys and activists in American history spent a chapter of his life in Sherman, Texas. His name was William J. Durham.

Mondays MLK Day celebrations focused on the role of education in creating a better society.

Members of a white mob lynched the body of a Black man, and burned the city’s Black business district. Some locals hadn't even heard of the lynching until recently.

The battle to approve a historical marker in Sherman, where a horrifying lynching was followed by a devastating riot in 1930, echoes the controversial push in Texas to limit the teaching of racism in public schools.

The battle to approve a historical marker in Sherman, where a horrifying lynching was followed by a devastating riot in 1930, echoes the controversial push in Texas to limit the teaching of racism in public schools.