Home > Images > Eugene Farrar with family Image Eugene Farrar with family Can you help us caption this item? Let us know! Share on Twitter , Facebook , or by email . Citation: “Eugene Farrar with family,” From the Rock Wall, accessed September 13, 2026, https://fromtherockwall.org/images/eugene-farrar-with-family. "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 Eugene Farrar "In order for us to move forward, in the political arena and in the social setting and even in this world today, we have to be registered to vote." - Eugene Farrar Eugene Farrar is a Chapel Hill native. He has long been engaged in community issues such as voter participation and affordable housing.… Eugene Farrar More to explore Eugene Farrar - On political organizing and community activism "It’s good to be on the register as being a registered voter, but your vote only counts when you go out and participate and pull the levers in the voting booths, because voting speaks to power. - Eugene Farrar In this interview, Eugene Farrar reminisces on his time as a political organizer and… Eugene Farrar - On political organizing and community activism Mr. Eugene Farrar Eugene is past head of the local NAACP. He recalls the power of the former Midway business district to provide economic resources and gathering places for Northsiders. He wanted to be pictured here in Baldwin Park pursuing one of his greatest passions: registering people to vote. Mr. Eugene Farrar Eugene Farrar Eugene Farrar Eugene Farrar Eugene Farrar Eugene Farrar - On Black builders "The only way our history can get told right, is that we have to tell it." - Eugene Farrar In this oral history, Eugene Farrar gives an account of growing up in Chapel Hill as well as his lineage of Black builders. Farrar discusses his uncle, James Blacknell, who was a rock mason at the University… Eugene Farrar - On Black builders Eugene Farrar - On Chapel Hill (clip) Eugene Farrar: Right now, I see a lot of work to be done. A lot of work to be done. You know in housing, you know we speak of – the most houses in Chapel Hill is public housing. You can’t live in Chapel Hill, where African-Americans really dominated this town, as well as all of your major urban… Eugene Farrar - On Chapel Hill (clip) Eugene Farrar - Singing Spirituals (clip) Eugene Farrar: [Singing] “We came this far by faith, lean on the Lord.” My, my, my, that’s a great song. I don’t know all of the words to it, but I love to hear the song being sung because that’s how African Americans come through slavery you know, come this far by faith-leaning on the Lord. Even… Eugene Farrar - Singing Spirituals (clip) Eugene Farrar - Most Important Community Action (clip) Eugene Farrar: Again this picture demonstrates some of the things that, that is very dear and near to my heart is the registering of people to vote. Because I think if you register to vote [it] is one thing, but then voting is another thing. You need to have people’s vote counted, it–it’s good to… Eugene Farrar - Most Important Community Action (clip) Back to all images
