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Ronnie Bynum
"As far as Carrboro, back in the day, at 5:00, 5:30—before it gets dark—you can’t be across the railroad track—by Rise Biscuit. … Why? Because the Klan will hurt you. You gotta fight your way in and fight your way out."
- Ronnie Bynum
Ronnie Bynum was born in Chapel Hill in 1959 as one of seven…
Ronnie Bynum
Katherine Council
"My name is Katherine Council and everybody calls me Mama Kat for the simple reason that when I had my first grandchild I didn’t want to be called grandma because I didn’t want men to stop looking at me!"
- Katherine "Mama Kat" Council
Born and raised in Northside, Katherine "Mama Kat" Council…
Katherine Council
Lillie Edwards
Lillie Edwards was born in Wake County and moved to Durham at a young age with her family. After graduating from high school in Durham, she moved to Gomains Street in Northside where she met her husband, Russell Edwards. She raised her three children in Northside and was a very active member of St.…
Lillie Edwards
Marian Cheek Jackson
Marian Cheek Jackson
Gladys Pendergraph Brandon
Gladys Pendergraph Brandon
Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee
"We had some old regular houses with tin on them...They were in a row, lined up on Hargraves Street...everybody up there was some kin."
- Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee
Donnie "Hollywood" Riggsbee was born and raised in the Tin Top neighborhood in Carrboro. He was the first black employee at Colonial…
Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee
Gracie Webb
Gracie Webb
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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
Ronnie Bynum - Speaking about racial tensions and his family history
In this interview, Ronnie Bynum discusses his family history, including the career of his grandmother as a midwife and the changes she witnessed on Airport Road, which is now MLK Boulevard. He talks about how much he learned from his grandmother, and how easily it is for the fabric of an extended…
Ronnie Bynum - Speaking about racial tensions and his family history
Ronnie Bynum - On community creating change (clip)
Ronnie Bynum - On community creating change (clip)
Ronnie Bynum - On Martin Luther King, Jr. (clip)
Ronnie Bynum - On Martin Luther King, Jr. (clip)
Ronnie Bynum - On the construction of AD Clark Pool (clip)
Ronnie Bynum - On the construction of AD Clark Pool (clip)
Ronnie Bynum - On the need for a pool (clip)
Ronnie Bynum - On the need for a pool (clip)
Ronnie Bynum - On his faith and spirituality
Ronnie Bynum - On his faith and spirituality
Katherine Council - On her childhood, family, and changes in Northside
This interview provides an overview of the place and birth of Mama Kat. Her house burnt down in 1962. She notes the change in neighbors versus before. She had children graduating from college. Her 3 kids were in college at the same time. The last baby was born with down syndrome. She recounts the…
Katherine Council - On her childhood, family, and changes in Northside
Ms. Belinda Caldwell & Ms. Katherine Council (Mama Kat)
At “Heavenly Groceries,” Mama Kat and Belinda, both lifetime residents of Chapel Hill/Carrboro and First Baptist Church members, offer food with a large serving of good humor and warmth. Mama Kat’s oldest daughter, Caroline, a leader of the local civil rights movement, moved to Canada to escape…
Ms. Belinda Caldwell & Ms. Katherine Council (Mama Kat)
Mama Kat on how to make her amazing pound cake
Mama Kat on how to make her amazing pound cake
Katherine Council - On home, family, and changes in Chapel Hill
In this interview, Katherine “Mama Kat” Council talks about home and family. She discusses her parents, including her father’s death and her mother’s garden, and she describes where she grew up in rural Chapel Hill. Growing up was very different when Mama Kat was a child; she went to work and…
Katherine Council - On home, family, and changes in Chapel Hill
Katherine Council - On her children and growing up outside of Carrboro
In this impromptu interview done at Heavenly Groceries Food Ministry, Katherine “Mama Kat” Council tells us what it was like growing up right outside of Carrboro back in the 1930’s. She recalls how for a while her family had to use a wagon to get to Hamlet’s Chapel CME on Sundays. She also discusses…
Katherine Council - On her children and growing up outside of Carrboro
Katherine Council - On growing up in Chapel Hill and changes in the neighborhood
In Molly Norwood’s interview of Katherine “Mama Kat” Council, Council begins by describing what life was like when she was growing up in Chapel Hill. She describes how open and geographically spread out the neighborhood was, how she was constantly playing with the other children in the neighborhood,…
Katherine Council - On growing up in Chapel Hill and changes in the neighborhood
Katherine Council - On her pound cake recipe
In this interview, Mama Kat gives us her coveted pound cake recipe, which she knows from memory because she makes it so often.
Katherine Council - On her pound cake recipe
Katherine Council and Lillian Alston - On Heavenly Groceries, St. Joseph's Church, and the importance of volunteering
This interview is a part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s A Place at the Table series. Katherine Council and Lillian Alston talk about their time volunteering with Heavenly Groceries. Katherine describes the origin of the food ministry before both women discuss their ties to the community and…
Katherine Council and Lillian Alston - On Heavenly Groceries, St. Joseph's Church, and the importance of volunteering
Katherine Council - On education, changes in the community, and racial discrimination
“I really think with children, it didn’t matter. It was the adults that were having problems.” (In reference to integration)
- Katherine "Mama Kat" Council
Ms. Council, fondly known as Mama Kat, grew up on a farm in Chapel Hill down Jones Ferry Road and has lived in various places in the area her…
Katherine Council - On education, changes in the community, and racial discrimination
Mama Kat (Katherine Council) and Nettye Burnette
Mama Kat (Katherine Council) and Nettye Burnette
Mama Kat and Terry Carver
Mama Kat and Terry Carver
Mama Kat and Linda Carver
Mama Kat and Linda Carver
Katherine "Mama Kat" Council
Katherine "Mama Kat" Council
Poem on Northside by Jasmine (Juice) Farmer
I never truly understood the meaning of community until I witnessed The Northside.I knew the power of a village and the power of prayer,But I had never been a part of a community more powerful, more stronger, & a place that seeped resilience more than the northside.I only got to experience the…
Poem on Northside by Jasmine (Juice) Farmer
Katherine Council - On food, cooking, and recipes
In this interview, Mama Kat, a cooking and baking extraordinaire, shares some of her kitchen expertise including tips and favorite recipes. Mama Kat learned how to cook from her parents and grandparents, and now writes down her recipes in cookbooks for others to follow. She discusses how products…
Katherine Council - On food, cooking, and recipes
Katherine Council - Holiday Memories (clip)
Katherine "Mama Kat" Council recalls students and neighbors at the holidays.To hear more from Katherine Council, listen to her full oral history "Katherine Council - On growing up in Chapel Hill and changes in the neighborhood."
Katherine Council - Holiday Memories (clip)
Lillie Edwards and Juanita Washington - On food and cooking
Lillie recounts on her first experiences with cooking bread as a young girl. She was the designated cook of the family. She also talks about her mother’s cooking style since her mother does not use standard recipes to cook. Juanita speaks about Mama Dip (her aunt) being the head cook in her family.…
Lillie Edwards and Juanita Washington - On food and cooking
"Black History, Our History"
To learn more about the erasure of Black people and history from Chapel Hill, read "Black History, Our History" by Cynthia Edwards-Paschall for Chapel Hill Magazine.
"Black History, Our History"
Gladys Pendergraph Brandon
"I’ve always been told, 'You can be anything you’d like to be. But YOU have to be what you’d like to be.'"
- Gladys Pendergraph Brandon
Ms. Gladys lives by one of her favorite sayings: “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!” She runs “Heavenly Groceries/Comida Celestial”, a daily, grocery-style…
Gladys Pendergraph Brandon
Gladys Pendergraph
Gladys Pendergraph
Panel Tension Rises
Panel Tension Rises
Gladys Pendergraph and Lauren Shor
Gladys Pendergraph and Lauren Shor
Adwoa Asare and Gladys Pendergraph with UNC NOW
Adwoa Asare and Gladys Pendergraph with UNC NOW
Gladys Pendergraph Brandon - Lemonade (clip)
In this audio clip, Ms. Gladys talks to Della Pollock about her approach to living the best life.
Gladys Pendergraph Brandon - Lemonade (clip)
Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee - On his childhood, food memories, and working at UNC
Donny Hollywood Riggsbee, a bachelor, gemini, grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He remembers the last few decades in North Carolina, reflecting on the fond memories of his family and friends. He reflects on his time at UNC, working in housing and Lenoir dining hall. He shares his entertainment…
Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee - On his childhood, food memories, and working at UNC
Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee - On his family, nickname, and experiences working
"...we called it Tin Top, because all the houses that were on top had [roofs] with tin on it."
- Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee
This interview provides insight into the background of Donny “Hollywood” Riggsbee, a long-term Northside neighborhood resident. He shares his experiences living with 12…
Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee - On his family, nickname, and experiences working
Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee - On growing up in Chapel Hill, segregation, and his work experiences
Donny ‘Hollywood’ Riggsbee, resident of Chapel Hill, gives his biography during his time in in the town. He describes his youth, growing with 10 siblings, how his mother worked in a kitchen and how the kids worked while growing up. He talks about racial experiences in the form of his employer (Big…
Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee - On growing up in Chapel Hill, segregation, and his work experiences
Headshot of Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee
This is a black and white picture of Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee smiling.
Headshot of Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee
Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee - On swimming and friends (clip)
Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee - On swimming and friends (clip)
Gracie Webb - On changes to the neighborhood and the effects on senior community members
In the interview Mrs. Webb discusses her neighborhood and describes how the house that she grew up in was demolished by the state in order to build a road in its place. Her parents did not want to move but believed that if they refused the state’s offer their home would have been condemned; thus,…
Gracie Webb - On changes to the neighborhood and the effects on senior community members
Gracie Webb - On her family, growing up in Northside, and changes in Northside
“On Sundays everybody would come after church and come there and eat, the pastors and all [of them]. We weren’t the wealthiest, but we were always full.”
- Gracie Webb
Throughout Gracie Webb’s life she has seemingly always been in the Northside and Cedar Groves area of Chapel Hill-Carrboro.…
Gracie Webb - On her family, growing up in Northside, and changes in Northside
Gracie (Polly) Webb
Gracie (Polly) Webb
Gracie (Polly) Webb
Gracie (Polly) Webb
Gracie Webb - Holiday Memories (clip)
Gracie Webb describes holiday cooking in her family.To hear more from Gracie Webb, listen to her full oral history "Gracie Webb - On her family, growing up in Northside, and changes in Northside."
Gracie Webb - Holiday Memories (clip)
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