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Harold Foster, one of the leaders of the Chapel Hill Freedom Movement

Harold Foster attended the conference organized by North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford in Raleigh on July 3, 1963, to discuss the "Negro Protest Movement." It marked the first time a Southern governor met with black leaders during the protests against segregation.

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Harold Foster, one of the leaders of the Chapel Hill Freedom Movement

Photograph by Jim Wallace.

Citation: Jim Wallace, “Harold Foster, one of the leaders of the Chapel Hill Freedom Movement,” From the Rock Wall, accessed November 22, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/images/harold-foster-one-of-the-leaders-of-the-chapel-hill-freedom-movement.

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