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 David Mason, Jr. - On what happened after the sit-in (clip)

Matthew Miller: Were you arrested, were you taken away? Or did they just take your name? David Mason, Jr.: They just took our names, okay. But he said, if you— MM: If you do— DM: Well, we weren’t arrested at that time, I should say. MM: Okay. DM: What happened—I didn’t tell my father, and, the next…

 Thomas Merritt - On the theft of his family land (clip)

MCJC Staff: “So what happened to the land?” Thomas Merritt: “Well, a lady came by and she had some papers and she tried to get my grandmother to sign them. So she forged her signature on them and she took the land. And I think she felt guilty. And my brother knew the whole story about what had…

 Thomas Merritt - On his father (clip)

MCJC Staff: “So, could you tell us what [growing up on Church Street] was like - sisters, brothers?” Thomas Merritt: “Oh one sister older, one brother younger. We were pretty well off back then. My mother she worked for Danziger’s Old World gift shop. My father worked at different restaurants, and…

 Thomas Merritt - On fighting for civil rights (clip)

MCJC Staff: “At the same time, kids in town were fighting for civil rights?” Thomas Merritt: “Yes. They were fighting for civil rights because they wanted to go places and to be free to go places and do things. Dairy Queen [chuckle]. Down at the bottom of Franklin Street, in the dirt parking lot…

 Minister Robert Campbell - On needs of the community (clip)

Adwoa Asare: Could you just tell us a little bit about who you are and what you’re involved in with the community? Minister Robert Campbell: Yes. I’m Minister Robert Campbell. I was ordained at Faith Tabernacle in the ’80s. I am the president of the Roger-Eubanks Neighborhood Association, co-chair…

 Minister Robert Campbell - On the Ministerial Alliance (clip)

Minister Robert Campbell: The Ministerial Alliance in Chapel Hill and Carrboro have been very instrumental. Through it, the foundation of the Civil Rights Movement was really established. And under the mentoring of Dr. J. R. Manley and Rev. Foushee that was at St. Joseph Church during this time, and…

 Braxton Foushee - On his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement (clip)

 Braxton Foushee - On progress after the Civil Rights Movement (clip)

 Braxton Foushee - Anyone can play a role (clip)

Braxton Foushee: There were a lot of people who couldn’t do certain things in the movement so we had them do other things to be involved in the movement. There were a lot of people who couldn’t [] right back, and we knew it, and we asked them, you know, to be real truthful with us. And they were,…

 Stanley Vickers - Integrating Chapel Hill Junior High School (clip)

 Stanley Vickers - On not being prepared to integrate (clip)

 Wanda Weaver - On Bynum Weaver Funeral Home (clip)

Wanda Weaver: My dad was the owner and operator of Chapel Hill Funeral Home, which is only two funeral homes that was in Chapel Hill, a black funeral home and a white funeral home. Walker’s Funeral Home which is on Franklin street still there and right here on Graham Street was Chapel Hill Funeral…

 Arminta Foushee - On Tar Heel Taxi #1 (clip)

 Isabel Atwater - On her family's laundry business (clip)

 Anita Spring Council - On Bill's Bar-b-que (clip)

 Anita Spring Council - On Bill's Bar-b-que (clip)

 Anita Spring Council and Annette "Neecy" Council - On family reunions (clip)

 Mary Norwood Jones - On Orange County Training School (clip)

Mary Norwood Jones (MNJ): Well, not at Northside. It was Orange County Training School and this school became Northside in 1951. My class was the last graduating class to attend this school and graduate from twelfth grade. At that particular time it was named Lincoln. The name of the school was…

 Stanley Vickers - On his participation in the Civil Rights Movement (clip)

 Stanley Vickers - On protesting and the coverage of the Civil Rights Movement (clip)

 Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes - On being bullied (clip)

 Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes - On her journey as a leader (clip)

 Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes - On the impact of Duke Energy ordinances on her family property (clip)

 Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes - On the impact of gentrification (clip)