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 Willis Farrington and Regina Merritt

 Yonni Chapman's family at the dedication of the library

 Chelsea Alston at Youth Cypher

 Virginia, Revels, and Pastor Troy Harrison do the electric slide

 Robert Revels and Pastor Troy Harrison do the electric slide

 Youth Cypher

 Molly Norwood dancing

 Ibn Mclain

 Cecilia Massey

 Marian Cheek Jackson

 Gladys Pendergraph

 Russell Edwards

 Robert Revels sings with Jarrett Dawson and Pastor Troy Harrison

 Robert Revels sings "I Shall Not Be Moved"

 Marian Cheek Jackson close up at the dedication of Yonni Chapman Peace & Justice Library

 Marian Cheek Jackson at the dedication of the Yonni Chapman Peace & Justice Library

 Prayer

 Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood

Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood plays the drums.

 No More Uncle Tom

Chapel Hill Civil Rights image featuring Avery Brewer holding a sign that says "No More Uncle Tom."

 Paul Caldwell

Paul Caldwell was the first African-American sergeant, lieutenant, and captain of University Police at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a long time resident of the Northside Neighborhood, and was a police officer for the University for 27 years, beginning as a patrol officer…

The Porches of Northside

The front porch.  The space between inside and outside, private and public worlds.  A place for friends and family to gather and to renew the essential connections that make up community.  A place to sit and watch out; a place from which to receive the waves of passing neighbors and strangers as…

On and Off the Midway

In 1957 in Chapel Hill, only 3 restaurants in Chapel Hill were desegregated, those owned and run by the immigrant Danziger family. Otherwise, Jim Crow laws kept Black residents from sharing a lunch counter, much less a table with whites. Breaking bread together would be one of the last thresholds of…

 Hilliard Caldwell

Hilliard Caldwell, one of the leaders of the Chapel Hill Freedom Movement, during a protest march on Franklin Street. Hilliard Caldwell was later elected to the Board of Aldermen in Carrboro, the town adjoining Chapel Hill.

 Members of several rights organizations stand in front of the Chapel Hill Post Office

Members of several rights organizations stand in front of the Chapel Hill Post Office. They led this holiday march on December 7, 1963. Carrying letters addressed to political leaders to urge anti-discrimination legislation, they requested that fellow Chapel Hill citizens follow suit and "Send…