Home > Images > Mrs. Betty Jones marches in a protest on Independence Day
Image

Mrs. Betty Jones marches in a protest on Independence Day

A march on Independence Day, July 4, 1964, through downtown Chapel Hill.

Mrs. Betty Jones, who was heavily involved in the movement, is pictured behind an American flag. She was a member of First Baptist, and was a flower lady near the old location of Bank of America by the Varsity Theatre.

Can you help us caption this item? Let us know!

Mrs. Betty Jones marches in a protest on Independence Day

Photograph by Jim Wallace made on July 4, 1964.

Citation: Jim Wallace, “Mrs. Betty Jones marches in a protest on Independence Day,” From the Rock Wall, accessed November 23, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/images/a-march-on-independence-day.

"We’re writing our own history, thank you!"

Ms. Esphur Foster

Want to add in?  Have a different view?  What do you think? Want to upload your own photos or documents?

History is not the past.  It’s the sense we make of the past now. Click below to RESPOND—and be part of making history today.

Respond

More to explore

Collection: Civil Rights in Chapel Hill, Photographs by Jim Wallace

Jim Wallace was one of several photographers on the ground during the civil rights struggle in Chapel Hill from 1961-1964, a movement led by local Black youth who attended the segregated Lincoln High School.  A student at UNC at Chapel Hill, Jim was a photojournalist for the student newspaper, The…
Back to all images