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Janie Alston
"I was raised in the church. On Sundays we went to Sunday school, church, church at night, every Sunday."
- Janie Alston
Janie Alston, great-granddaughter of Jerry Hargraves, has devoted her life to caring for others. Having grown up on Mitchell Lane during the era of segregation and Jim Crow, she…
Janie Alston
Kathy Atwater
"There would not be a University if there had not been the Blacks in this community to help build the University."
- Kathy Atwater
Kathy Atwater is a native of Chapel Hill and has lived in the Northside Community all of her life. Having retired from the State of NC after 30 years of service, Kathy…
Kathy Atwater
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Collection: The Northside News
The Northside News is our monthly "print link." Delivered hand-to-hand to more than 1000 households in Northside and Pine Knolls, 6 local churches, dozens of local businesses, Northside Elementary, and Hargraves each month, the Northside News connects neighbors around issues and opportunities of…
Collection: The Northside News
Janie Alston - On her childhood, civil rights, and the Hargraves family
The interview includes the history of the Hargraves family: her great-grandfather, Jerry Hargraves had a role in the founding of St. Paul's. Nineteen children were born to her grandparents, Della Weaver and Luther Hargraves, the first black mortician in the area. He also built houses in Northside.…
Janie Alston - On her childhood, civil rights, and the Hargraves family
Janie Alston
Janie Alston
Janie Alston - On her family history (clip)
Alex Biggers (AB): I'm Alex Biggers, this is Hudson Vaughan. We're here with Janie Alston on Lindsey Street. It's April 20th, about like, 10 o'clock in the morning.
Hudson Vaughan (HV): Awesome. We're just going to put this down, and then, let's just keep going. You just forget about that. At any…
Janie Alston - On her family history (clip)
Janie Alston - On what she likes about her neighborhood (clip)
HV: What do you think, like, stands out most about, like, what do you like most about your home?
JA: Because I grew up here, and I grew up in the area. See, my kids don't have any connection, because they grew up in Connecticut. But, you know, we could walk – I'd come by here every morning and wait…
Janie Alston - On what she likes about her neighborhood (clip)
Janie Alston - On activities and events at Hargraves (clip)
Janie Alston describes nursery school and Girl Scouts at Hargraves and talks about a going-away party held for her there when she was 14 and moving out of the area.
Janie Alston - On activities and events at Hargraves (clip)
Kathy Atwater - On home, community, and Northside
In the beginning of the interview, Ms. Atwater describes the history of her home, growing up in her neighborhood, and the significance of keeping her home in the family in order to continue an ongoing legacy. To Ms. Atwater, a home is more than a place of residence; it is a memorial, it is the…
Kathy Atwater - On home, community, and Northside
Lifetime resident and community scholar, Kathy Atwater, speaks at the culminating dinner of the Civil Rights in Chapel Hill weekend celebration, 2012.
Lifetime resident and community scholar, Kathy Atwater, speaks at the culminating dinner of the Civil Rights in Chapel Hill weekend celebration, 2012.
Kathy Atwater - On food
Ms. Atwater gives an overview of food access in the community when she was growing up and how her family’s attitudes toward food have developed over the course of her life. Starting with a discussion of her mother’s kitchen and garden, she describes the role of food in her family and in the…
Kathy Atwater - On food
Kathy Atwater
Kathy Atwater
A History of Resistance
Ms. Kathy Atwater, long-term Lindsay St. resident, gives a passionate speech on the history of Amity Station development. Her words gave both historical context and emotional power to the issue facing her community and neighbors.
A History of Resistance
Wanda Weaver and Kathy Atwater - Speaking about family and the Northside community
This interview mainly focuses on Wanda Weaver’s mother and father/Kathy Atwater’s aunt and uncle, as well as the past and present dynamics of the Northside community. Ms. Wanda and Ms. Kathy show pictures of their mother and father/aunt and uncle, as well as discuss what they did for the community.…
Wanda Weaver and Kathy Atwater - Speaking about family and the Northside community
Kathy Atwater - On the kitchen (clip)
Kathy Atwater - On the kitchen (clip)
Kathy Atwater - On gardens (clip)
Kathy Atwater - On gardens (clip)
Kathy Atwater - Everybody was just family (clip)
Kathy Atwater: Everybody was just family. I mean even in the neighborhood with the families that were in the neighborhood we all looked after one another- nobody was left to themselves. If I did something wrong, of course the neighbors would, you know, tell me “Kathy you shouldn’t do that,” and then…
Kathy Atwater - Everybody was just family (clip)
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