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Sandi Abbo

Sandi Abbo moved around North Carolina in her early years before her family settled down in Chapel Hill, N.C. She lived in Pine Knolls and Tin Top with her mother and four sisters, attending school in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro district during the tumultuous time of desegregation. She went on to…

 Sandi Abbo - On education

“I am a believer that education is essential, just like air. Just like oxygen. We have to feed our minds, and I also believe we have to feed our souls.” - Sandi Abbo This interview was a part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center Education series. Ms. Abbo grew up living in Pine Knolls and Tin Top…

 Sandi Abbo - On living "parallel lives" from her classmates (clip)

Sandi Abbo: “I remember being in high school. I went to high school in 1970…well, ‘69 I guess, ‘cause then after the new year it was ‘70. I was in 10th grade. When I was in high school, it was 10th, 11th, 12th. We were just excluded. We weren’t wanted, we were very clearly told ‘you don’t belong…

 Sandi Abbo - On her high school history teacher (clip)

 Sandi Abbo - On her Black teachers in high school (clip)

 Sandi Abbo - On expectations for students in school (clip)

 Sandi Abbo - On participating in school clubs (clip)

 Shareka Abbo - On her memories of the A.D. Clark Pool (clip)

 Sarita Allen - On her teaching career

 Sarita Allen - On why she taught at CHCCS (clip)

 Sarita Allen - On being kind yet firm (clip)

Sarita B. Allen

 Sarita B. Allen - On education

Charles Alston

 Chelsea Alston - On her experiences as a youth leader and changes in the community

This interview provides background of interviewee’s connection to Chapel Hill. She shares her experiences as a youth leader in the community. She describes the changes of the community over time (gentrification). Her ideas of safe places for young POCs in Chapel Hill are provided. She talks about…

Chelsea Alston

Chelsea Alston was born and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a place where she has deep roots. In 2012, Chelsea graduated from Chapel Hill High School. Her family has lived here for generations, attending St. Joseph’s CME Church for as long as she can remember. She sees herself living in the…

 Chelsea Alston - On the neighborhood and community changing (clip)

Alexander Stephens: How have you seen it [the community] change? Chelsea Alston: I’ve seen it change from—Well, like I was saying a lot of my friends live in close proximity of each other. It’s changing to where that it’ll be more of my friends living in the neighborhood than it is now. A lot of my…

 Deshawn Alston - Old School (clip)

 Dorothy Alston - On her memories of A.D. Clark Pool (clip)

 Janie Alston - On her childhood, civil rights, and the Hargraves family

The interview includes the history of the Hargraves family: her great-grandfather, Jerry Hargraves had a role in the founding of St. Paul's. Nineteen children were born to her grandparents, Della Weaver and Luther Hargraves, the first black mortician in the area. He also built houses in Northside.…

Janie Alston

"I was raised in the church. On Sundays we went to Sunday school, church, church at night, every Sunday." - Janie Alston Janie Alston, great-granddaughter of Jerry Hargraves, has devoted her life to caring for others. Having grown up on Mitchell Lane during the era of segregation and Jim Crow, she…

 Janie Alston - On her family history (clip)

Alex Biggers (AB): I'm Alex Biggers, this is Hudson Vaughan. We're here with Janie Alston on Lindsey Street. It's April 20th, about like, 10 o'clock in the morning. Hudson Vaughan (HV): Awesome. We're just going to put this down, and then, let's just keep going. You just forget about that. At any…

 Janie Alston - On what she likes about her neighborhood (clip)

HV: What do you think, like, stands out most about, like, what do you like most about your home? JA: Because I grew up here, and I grew up in the area. See, my kids don't have any connection, because they grew up in Connecticut. But, you know, we could walk – I'd come by here every morning and wait…

 Janie Alston - On activities and events at Hargraves (clip)

Janie Alston describes nursery school and Girl Scouts at Hargraves and talks about a going-away party held for her there when she was 14 and moving out of the area.