Home > Images > Emily Banks Image Emily Banks Can you help us caption this item? Let us know! Share on Twitter , Facebook , or by email . Citation: “Emily Banks,” From the Rock Wall, accessed October 25, 2025, https://fromtherockwall.org/images/emily-banks-3. "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 In this Image Emily Banks Born and Raised in New York, Emily Banks moved south to Chapel Hill in 1970. Her faith is foundational for how she moves through the world, and she is an active member and leader of St. Joseph CME Church. Banks is proud of her family history and the many accomplishments of her children. Emily Banks More to explore Emily Banks - Malcolm X and the Civil Rights Movement (clip) Emily Banks - Malcolm X and the Civil Rights Movement (clip) Emily Banks - on her father's military service (clip) Emily Banks - on her father's military service (clip) Emily Banks with Choir Emily Banks with Choir Emily Banks - On her family, immigration, and faith This interview is part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s Life History Series. Emily Banks, a current member and leader of St. Joseph CME Church, was born in 1946 in New York and migrated south to North Carolina in 1970. She has spent the last few decades in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She… Emily Banks - On her family, immigration, and faith Back to all images
