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Northside News Volume VIII, Edition 4
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Gwen Atwater
Gwen Atwater came to call Chapel Hill home after moving here with her husband, who had spent his childhood playing in these streets. She began teaching at Frank Porter Graham Elementary School in 1973, where she spent the next three decades engaging with bright, young minds. To this day, she is…
Gwen Atwater
Patricia "Pat" Jackson
"All I wanted to do was just be present and serve activism, not understanding that that came with some consequences. . .once you step out in service there are consequences and just as you step out in service for the lord there are consequences."
- Pat Jackson
Patricia "Pat" Jackson
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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
Gwen Atwater - On family, faith, segregation, and Frank Porter Graham Elementary School
Gwen Atwater came to Chapel Hill, her husband’s hometown, after he got out of the military. Following a brief stint in customer service and time working in the school district’s administrative offices, she took a job teaching at Frank Porter Graham Elementary School in 1973. She became an FPG…
Gwen Atwater - On family, faith, segregation, and Frank Porter Graham Elementary School
Gwen Atwater feature with Billue Baldwin in background
Gwen Atwater feature with Billue Baldwin in background
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On St. Joseph CME Church from 1974-1983
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On St. Joseph CME Church from 1974-1983
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On St. Joseph CME Church from 1967-1970
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On St. Joseph CME Church from 1967-1970
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On St. Joseph CME Church from 1955-1967
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On St. Joseph CME Church from 1955-1967
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On St. Joseph CME Church from 1947-1955
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On St. Joseph CME Church from 1947-1955
Patricia "Pat" Jackson
“All the sermons that you are hearing, preaching, you are seeing God at work through the elders. Not until then, did you realize that was the relationship with the Lord. You had to give an account to God that he set you up and kept you safe and now I need to get your attention. He got my attention.…
Patricia "Pat" Jackson
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On school integration and the significance of churches
Patricia “Pat” Jackson is the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Marian Cheek Jackson, the namesake of the Jackson Center. She brings with her to her interview several clippings from various newspapers, some of which include the first articles her daughter wrote in her journalism career or articles about…
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On school integration and the significance of churches
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On her faith and activism
This interview is part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s Life History Series. Pat Jackson was born and raised in Chapel Hill North Carolina. She is a current member of St. Joseph Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Chapel Hill. She serves as a stewardess and motherly figure within the site…
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On her faith and activism
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On St. Joseph's CME and women in church
Ms. Pat Jackson gives an overview of her involvement in the organizations within St.Joseph’s CME, starting from when she was a child. This is followed by a discussion of thevarious power dynamic that occur between women in the church, and how to overcome anychallenges that can arise from these…
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On St. Joseph's CME and women in church
Patricia Jackson - Fire Hose (clip)
Patricia Jackson: ...walk from this church and remember growing up as little kids we could walk from here and go to Big John’s pharmacy, which was just on the corner there of Franklin Street. But when segregation time came and when the students, and the white people that were in charge, now we…
Patricia Jackson - Fire Hose (clip)
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On her family, faith, community, and civil rights
Patricia Jackson grew up in Chapel Hill, NC and has been a member of St. Joseph CME Church for over forty years. She now works with Wake County Schools and is also a church secretary, a stewardess, and a community activist. This interview was done as part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center…
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On her family, faith, community, and civil rights
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