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Black Education in Chapel Hill/Carrboro before desegregation

Photos courtesy of: Dolores Clark, From the Rock Wall ,The Lincoln High School Newspaper (Orange Echo/Lincoln Echo) accessed via Digital NC, Jim Shotts, Open Orange, The Library of Congress, University of Virginia Library, Jackson Davis Collection of African American Educational Photographs, UNC Libraries

Special thanks to all of the community members who have shared their oral histories on From the Rock Wall, including those whose voices you’ve just heard: Freda Andrews, James Atwater, Fred Battle, Carolyn Briggs, Edwin Caldwell, Jr., Min. Robert Campbell, Dolores Clark, Clarke Egerton, Louise Felix, Esphur Foster, Valerie Foushee, Burnice Hackney, Frances Hargraves, Patricia Jackson, Mary Norwood Jones, David Mason, Jr., Dianne Peerman Pledger, Clyde Perry, Velma Perry, R.D. Smith, Coretta Sharpless

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Citation: “Black Education in Chapel Hill/Carrboro before desegregation,” From the Rock Wall, accessed January 12, 2025, https://fromtherockwall.org/documents/community-cinema-2024-the-history-of-education.

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