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 Doug Clark - On the Hollywood Theater (clip)

Doug Clark: Friday and Saturday all Black kids on Friday and Saturday- you couldn’t go to the movies when you were young in the middle of the week- Friday and Saturday, Friday mainly, you could go to the movies. You didn’t want to get a punishment because a punishment meant you can’t go to the…

 Funeral Service Program for Mrs. Ethel Stanton Clark

Mrs. Ethel Stanton Clark's funeral took place on December 28, 1973 at St. Joseph CME Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Reverend T. L. Coble officiated the service. Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

 Larry Clark - On his memories of the A.D. Clark Pool (clip)

 Lorie Clark - On A.D. Clark Pool (clip)

Describes her gratitude for the pool, which is named after her great uncle, Uncle Dot.

Lorie Clark

Rebecca Clark

"I would get no more than ten dollars a week, if that much. But it began to go up to twenty-five. And then I was asking for fifty." - Rebecca Clark

 Rebecca Clark - On her childhood, education, and school integration

This interview is part of an oral history project called Southern Communities: Listening for a Change: Mighty Tigers--Oral HIstories of Chapel Hill's Lincoln High School. The interviewes were conducted from 2000-2001, by Bob Gilgor, with former teachers, staff, and students from Chapel Hill, N.C.'s…

 Rebecca Clark - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill

Audio recordings of interviews conducted by Yonni Chapman with participants in the African American freedom struggle and the civil rights movement in and around Chapel Hill, N.C.

 Doug Clark, Sr. - On growing up in Chapel Hill and high school

Doug Clark, Sr., a musician, was born in Chapel Hill in 1936, where he lived in a close-knit Black neighborhood and attended Orange County Training School, which became Lincoln High School. He reflects on his family life and experiences growing up, such as seeing lines of Black children walk to…

 Doug Clark - Holiday Memories (clip)

Doug Clark describes attending a holiday party at a UNC fraternity where he got the idea to start his band, which eventually became Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts.To hear more from Doug Clark, listen to his full oral history "Doug Clark, Sr. - On growing up in Chapel Hill and high school."

Yvonne Cleveland

Yvonne Cleveland is the Director of Operations at the Jackson Center. She relocated from Brooklyn, NY to Chapel Hill, NC in 1989. She is a dedicated member of St. Joseph C.M.E.—where she teaches Sunday School and is an active member of the Voices of Joy choir. Yvonne believes the Jackson Center…

 Yvonne Cleveland - On growing up in Brooklyn, moving to NC, and her faith

"Out of nowhere I’m minding my own business and he [God] just speaks to me and says, 'You’re responsible for their knowing.'" - Yvonne Cleveland In this interview, Yvonne Cleveland talks about her move from New York to North Carolina and how God has guided her. Yvonne grew up in Brooklyn and…

Mary Cole

"My parents always taught us, 'You know who you are.' No matter what you say to me or what you call me, I know who I am." - Mary Cole

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 Marquette Costen - On moving to North Carolina and what makes a good neighbor

This interview was done as part of the Facing Our Neighbors project. It begins with Costen discussing his respect for Southern women, noting that they can be stronger than men. Costen was originally from Washington, D.C. and moved to North Carolina with his grandmother. He notes the social…

Marquette Costen

Odessa Cotten

 Odessa Cotten - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill

Audio recordings of interviews conducted by Yonni Chapman with participants in the African American freedom struggle and the civil rights movement in and around Chapel Hill, N.C.

 Edric Cotton - On civil rights and education

"Because we can change these things, and that’s why we were marching..." - Edric Cotton This interview is primarily concerned with political figures (Dr. MLK, Jr, Dr. Benjamin Mays, Muhammad Ali, Mahatma Gandhi, and George Washington Carver) and personal spheres of influence such as his mother,…

Edric Cotton

 Civil Rights Story Circle - On their experiences in Chapel Hill in the 1960s

Freedom fighters Euyvonne Cotton, James Foushee, William Carter, Linda Brown, Keith Edwards, and Marion Phillips gathered upstairs at St. Joseph C.M.E. to talk about their experiences as young people in the freedom movement in Chapel Hill 1960-1964. Spurred by the recent publication of Courage in…

Euyvonne Cotton

Funeral Service Program for Mrs. Mary Jones Cotton

Mrs. Mary Jones Cotton's funeral took place on June 9, 1977 at St. Joseph CME Church. Rev. Wylie E. Wilson officiated the service. Photo courtesy of Mrs. Patricia Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

 Funeral Service Program for Mr. Samuel Cotton

Mr. Samuel Cotton's funeral took place on June 28, 1973 at St. Joseph CME Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Reverend Charles L. Helton officiated the service. Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.