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 Dorcas Saunders - On moving to Chapel Hill, segregation, family, and her childhood

"I watched her. I watched her wash linen and dry it, make up the beds and everything. And I mean that stuck in my mind because I did not know she did that kind of work. I just knew she put on a uniform and she left. But I never knew what the uniform was for or what it meant or anything. - Dorcas…

 Lincoln High School Alma Mater

This is the lyrics to the Lincoln High School alma mater, set to the tune of Finlandia Hymn. Scan courtesy of Mrs. Pat Jackson

 Mrs. Marian Cheek Jackson's College Diploma

This is a scan of Mrs. Marian Cheek Jackson's diploma from St. Augustine's College in 1946.

 Program from a memorial service for Orange County Training School and Lincoln High School alumni

This is a scan of the program for the 1995 memorial service for O.C.T.S. and Lincoln High alumni. Item courtesy of Mrs. Pat Jackson

 Trailways Bus Station

The Trailways bus station at 311 W. Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, NC, 1947.

 Paul Caldwell - On changes in education and his career

“Take one day at a time, don't plan on tomorrow or next week. God gives you one day at a time you take that one day and you thank him for it.” - Paul Caldwell This interview was conducted for a special edition of the Northside News on education. The interview begins with Mr. Caldwell discussing his…

 Mae McLendon - On motherhood and attending UNC

“I was a member of the Black Student Movement. It was like a year old when I got there so I was very active in that. I was the off-campus minister. We would go to the football games and not stand for the national anthem…as a form of protest.” - Mae McLendonr In this interview, Mae McLendon sits down…

 Anita Spring Council and Annette “Neecy” Council - On Their Family History and Family Businesses

"Yeah our friends would be going to the ball games and going here and then we had to go to work. But then when it came down to going to McDonald’s or whatever we had the money to buy it and they didn’t, so that was the good part about it." - Annette "Neecy" Council Anita Spring Council and Annette…

Mama Dip's Kitchen

Mama Dip's Kitchen is a full service restaurant serving traditional southern food since 1976. The restaurant was founded my Mildred "Mama Dip" Council who had previously cooked at Bill's Bar-B-Que, which was owned by her husband's family. She trained all of her children in all aspects of operating…

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 Arminta Foushee - On St. Paul AME Church

"After the announcements were said I had this motto I would state, every Sunday I would say, "We are so happy to have you worshiping with us, we hope you would come back again." And St. Paul’s motto was: "visitors are strangers but once."" - Arminta Foushee Aminta Foushee shares photographs and a…

 Ronnie Bynum - On community creating change (clip)

 Ronnie Bynum - On Martin Luther King, Jr. (clip)

 Ronnie Bynum - On the construction of AD Clark Pool (clip)

 Ronnie Bynum - On the need for a pool (clip)

 David Mason, Jr. - On Hargraves Community Center (clip)

 David Mason, Jr. - On swimming holes (clip)

 Nate Davis - On the B1 Navy Band (clip)

 Nate Davis - On the construction of Hargraves Community Center (clip)

 Nate Davis - On the uses of Hargraves Community Center (clip)

 Nate Davis - On the A.D. Clark Pool (clip)

 Edwin Caldwell, Jr. - On swimming (clip)

Edwin Caldwell, Jr.: One of the things that I remember when I was about twelve years old was Frank Robinson- whose father worked for Frank Graham, my grandmother worked for Frank Graham- we used to go and watch the white kids swim in the swimming pool- the one right behind Carmichael Hall.…

 Carolyn Briggs - On funding for the A.D. Clark Pool (clip)

 Esphur Foster - On swimming holes (clip)

Esphur Foster: And then the boys used to go to the trestle and jump in that sewage water and learn to swim because there was no way- you know, for us- to learn to swim. Hudson Vaughan: Mhm EP: So, they- the girls didn’t play that- so they would go over there and swim in the trestle.