Home > Items Browse Items (2127 total) Sort by: Title Subject Date Added Willis Farrington - On growing up in Northside, local businesses, and Northside neighbors This interview is part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s Life History Series. Minister Willis Farrington, an associate pastor at S. Joseph CME Church, grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He grew up going to St. Joseph CME all his life and has never been a member of another church. In 1975 he… Willis Farrington - On growing up in Northside, local businesses, and Northside neighbors Willis Farrington - On growing up in Northside, his ministry, and changes in Chapel Hill This interview is part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s Life History Series. Reverend Willis Farrington, a leader of St. Joseph CME Church, was born in Chapel Hill and spent the entirety of his childhood running the streets of Northside and the Roberson Street Community Center. Reverend… Willis Farrington - On growing up in Northside, his ministry, and changes in Chapel Hill Willis Farrington - On events at Hargraves Community Center (clip) Willis Farrington - On events at Hargraves Community Center (clip) Willis Farrington Born and raised in Northside, Reverend Willis Farrington recounts the community of Northside and the Roberson Street Community Center as his childhood home. As an integral individual in Northside, the community supported his decision to become a minister and lead jail and street ministries. Now,… Willis Farrington Willie Mae Patterson - 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. Willie Mae Patterson - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill Willie Mae Patterson - On cooking and food As a part of the Jackson Center’s food ways project, Willie Mae Patterson speaks to her experience with food and cooking. White Patterson grew up with a very small kitchen, her grandma taught her how to cook and always had lots of vegetables in her garden. Some of Patterson’s most popular dishes… Willie Mae Patterson - On cooking and food Willie Mae Patterson "My granddad and my grandma they always had a garden. We grew up with a garden and they canned our food. We had a lot and they would can the vegetables, had a lot of tomatoes so they canned the tomatoes, and string beans, so you didn’t have to go back to the store in the wintertime to buy them.… Willie Mae Patterson Willie Bradshaw Willie Bradshaw Willie "Brad" Bradshaw - On his childhood, education, and career coaching sports “If you have good football teams, it permeates throughout the entire school and it helps the other things that you’re going to do come up to par, come up to snuff or whatever you want to call it. It cuts down on a lot of discipline problems. Kids want to do more in school, because they see the… Willie "Brad" Bradshaw - On his childhood, education, and career coaching sports William Smith - Speaking about his masonry career and business William E. Smith, also known as Smitty, grew up in Durham with his parents and seven brothers. His strongest influence growing up was his grandfather, who he spent a great deal of time with – including helping out on his farm in Orange County. He graduated from Hillside High School, which he… William Smith - Speaking about his masonry career and business William Smith "I’m not a book person […] I like to build things, and then brag about it." - William Smith William Smith William Gattis William Gattis William E. Smith Masonry "When you start, you’re always dealing with brick. But with bricks come long blocks, and then later on, then come rocks. You know, so I was not trained to be a rock mason. 1971 or 1972, I did my first rock repair on Pittsboro Street at the Carolina Inn. And we have just gone from there.... I knew… William E. Smith Masonry William E. "Smitty" Smith William E. "Smitty" Smith William Cureton - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill (Interview Two) 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. William Cureton - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill (Interview Two) William Cureton - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill (Interview One) 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. William Cureton - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill (Interview One) William Cureton "This picture is William Cureton, class of 60-61." - C. Rogers Photo courtesy of C. Rogers William Cureton William Cureton William Cureton William Carter Comment William Carter Comment William Carter - Rally (clip) William Carter - Rally (clip) William Carter - On the boycott (clip) William Carter - On the boycott (clip) William Carter - On sit-ins (clip) William Carter - On sit-ins (clip) William Carter - On school integration and the Civil Rights Movement "We’re the Southern part of heaven, but that’s only for white folk. That’s not for the blacks." - William Carter William Carter discusses the movement and his background. He was born in the Bronx, New York in 1949 and discusses his heritage with a grandma being a Lumbee Native American and father… William Carter - On school integration and the Civil Rights Movement William Carter - On offense and defense (clip) William Carter - On offense and defense (clip) Previous Page 1 2 3 4 5 ... Next Page
