Home > Items Browse Items (2149 total) Sort by: Title Subject Date Added 2002 Northside walk in honor of Mrs. Hargraves 2002 Northside walk in honor of Mrs. Hargraves Lincoln High Band The Lincoln High Band earned an A rating in the State Festival in 1949. Lincoln High Band Eat at Joe's Protest This was part of continuous protests of all of the segregated restaurants and lunch counters downtown. The Long Meadow Milk truck in the back was used as a paddy wagon to take people to the police department, because department did not have any at the time. The owner of Eat at Joe’s, one of the most… Eat at Joe's Protest "No More Uncle Tom" Ms. Avery Brewer is holding the “No More Uncle Tom” sign. She was a resident of Lindsey Street, and was a wonderful cook. Mrs. Avery worked at Chapel Hill Cleaners for a number of years and during the time of the civil rights marches, she was noted to say "they want us to clean their clothes but… "No More Uncle Tom" Chapel Hill - Carrboro Merchants Association Credit Bureau Chamber of Commerce Chapel Hill - Carrboro Merchants Association Credit Bureau Chamber of Commerce "Give Freedom for Christmas" Bubba Riggsbee is walking in the front of the line, holding the “Freedom for Christmas” sign and wearing a light colored polo shirt and dark colored cardigan. The gentleman on the right behind him wearing glasses and a suit may be a student, because students always wore suits around campus. This… "Give Freedom for Christmas" Work and Labor Working at the University has been a source of pride and resentment for Northside neighbors who built the early dorms, hospital, South Building, laid the brick walkways, hauled washing water from the “old well” to students in Old East, did copious amounts of laundry 7 days/week for $14 (which could… Work and Labor Hilliard Caldwell at the Northside Gateway Dedication Hilliard Caldwell, one of the Chapel Hill Nine, attended the unveiling of the first Northside gateway in 2017. The gateway is located at the corner of West Rosemary and Roberson Street. Hilliard Caldwell at the Northside Gateway Dedication Marker to the Chapel Hill Nine A marker to the Chapel Hill Nine was dedicated on February 28, 2020 and is located at 450 West Franklin Street. Marker to the Chapel Hill Nine Unveiling of Northside Gateway The Northside Gateway was unveiled at the corner of W. Rosemary and Roberson during the 2017 Northside Festival. Unveiling of Northside Gateway The Freedom Movement Spurred by the lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro and by the actions of high school students determined to gain fair and open access to places that served the public, the Freedom Movement in Chapel Hill was supposed to break the way for cities and towns across the South. But, as James Foushee says,… The Freedom Movement Investor Owned Properties in Northside 2000-2011 Investor Owned Properties in Northside 2000-2011 Northside in 2008 Northside in 2008 Black Chapel Hill / Carrboro 1944 Black Chapel Hill / Carrboro 1944 2004 Northside Neighborhood Overlay 2004 Northside Neighborhood Overlay Waters Films Showing Black Residents in Chapel Hill in 1939 (Reel 2) Photographer H. Lee Waters traveled across North Carolina and parts of South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee from 1936-1942 to film small communities. These videos, which he named “Movies of Local People” aired in local movie theaters, often before feature films. Trying to film as many people as… Waters Films Showing Black Residents in Chapel Hill in 1939 (Reel 2) Map of Pritchard's Field Map of Pritchard's Field Waters Films Showing Black Residents in Chapel Hill in 1939 (Reel 1) Photographer H. Lee Waters traveled across North Carolina and parts of South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee from 1936-1942 to film small communities. These videos, which he named “Movies of Local People” aired in local movie theaters, often before feature films. Trying to film as many people as… Waters Films Showing Black Residents in Chapel Hill in 1939 (Reel 1) H. Lee Waters Logbook, Volume 1, Pages 148-149 H. Lee Waters Logbook, Volume 1, Pages 148-149 Celebrations Make a joyful noise (Psalm 100). Celebration is an act of faith, triumph, unity, and renewal. Joyful rituals abound across the past, in the present, and into the future of Black Chapel Hill/Carrboro. Whether after church at the Dairy Bar, during the May Day Festival that marked the end of the… Celebrations Hargraves Community Center You may think of a community center as something like your local YMCA. Hargraves is that and so much more. Community-built and community-led, Hargraves is the heart of Northside. In 1939, with fiscal support from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), resident brick masons and carpenters began… Hargraves Community Center Business Before the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 required white restaurants and businesses to open to Black patrons, Black residents served themselves, whether in Durham’s bustling Black business districts or in the Black-owned shops, restaurants, hotel, movie theatre, and pool hall on the west end of… Business Food Food is nourishment. Food is family. Listen to the ways people do, think, and experience food and you’ll learn about how food makes community, sustains families, and shapes identities. Search for food and foodways—and you may also find out how to kill a chicken or to make Mama Kat's incomparable… Food Do You Want It Created by Brentton Harrison when he was a member of the Marian Cheek Jackson’s inaugural season of its youth radio program, Fusion Youth Radio, and recipient of an award from PRX, this audio-documentary relies on oral histories to explore love of food and food as love. Do You Want It Previous Page ... 13 14 15 16 17 ... Next Page
