DURHAM – Affectionately called Freedom House, the house at 1123 N. Roxboro St. owned by the late Floyd B. McKissick Sr. and his wife, the late Evelyn McKissick, was home to more than just the McKissick family in the 1950s and ’60s, but the Durham civil rights movement, too. Thanks to a Preservation Durham project documenting often-overlooked African-American historic sites, the McKissick House is on a National Register of Historic Places study list, a precursor to nomination on the registry. This would be a tremendous asset to Durham’s historical history legacy.
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