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 Sit-in participants block the door to Brady's Restaurant

Sit-in participants, singing and waving to the camera, block the door to Brady's Restaurant at the dinner hour.John Fykes is in the center front, wearing a dark suit and glasses. Clementine Self is sitting in the front row to the right wearing a light colored shirt under a dark jacket, with her…

 Demonstrators at a sit-in

Chapel Hill Police Chief William Blake, with Officer Graham Creel(in helmet), warns the demonstrators to leave or they will be arrested. They were all arrested.

 Euyvonne Cotton carried by Chapel Hill Police

Chapel Hill police officers Graham Creel(left) and David Caldwell(right) carry Euyvonne Cotton to a police car following her arrest for sitting-in at the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Merchants Association.

 John Fykes sings as police drag him from a sit-in

John Fykes sings as police drag him from the Merchants Association building sit-in. Demonstrators often sang freedom songs such as "We Shall Overcome" during their protests and arrests.

 Chapel Hill Police officer David Caldwell

Chapel Hill Police officer David Caldwell (left) protects a young boy taking photos. Officer Earl Allen to carry a demonstrator to a police car.

 Ruby Farrington carried by Chapel Hill Police

Chapel Hill Police Detective Lindy Pendergrass carries Ruby Farrington to the police van following her arrest at a sit-in on Franklin Street. Police Chief William Blake stands at far left with his back to the camera.

 Picketers at the University Motel, just outside Chapel Hill

 Young student marchers, both Black and white, point accusingly at segregated businesses in Chapel Hill.

W. Leon Cotton is the young boy wearing a sweater vest, pointing his right hand. Linda McCauley Atwater is on the far right, wearing a striped skirt and short sleeve blouse pointing with her right hand.

 Quinton Baker leads a practice protest march

In 1963, CORE leader Floyd McKissick asked Quinton Baker, one of his most trusted organizers, to go to Chapel Hill and teach effective nonviolence tactics to local activists. Here Baker leads a practice protest march.Quinton Baker, wearing black slacks and a light polo, leads a march training in the…

 Mrs. Betty Jones marches in a protest on Independence Day

A march on Independence Day, July 4, 1964, through downtown Chapel Hill.Mrs. Betty Jones, who was heavily involved in the movement, is pictured behind an American flag. She was a member of First Baptist, and was a flower lady near the old location of Bank of America by the Varsity Theatre.

 Charmine Baldwin carrying an American flag

Carrying an American flag, Charmine Baldwin leads marchers who are demanding integration via the passage of a Chapel Hill public accommodations law.

 Marchers protesting segregated facilities.

Marchers protesting segregated facilities stop in front of Clarence's Bar and Grill, while owner Clarence Grey and patrons of the restaurant gather at the front door to watch.

 Chapel Hill policemen carry Johnnie Perry to a police car

Chapel Hill policemen Coy Durham (left) and Amos Horn (right) carry Johnnie Perry to a police car. Perry was participating in a sit-in protesting segregation at Brady's Restaurant.

 A march organized by the Chapel Hill Freedom Movement

A march organized by the Chapel Hill Freedom Movement on Franklin Street, Chapel Hill's main thoroughfare. Protesters stopped to point out segregated establishments.Hilliard Caldwell is in the center of the picture looking behind himself, wearing a driving cap and light colored photo. He is easily…

 Harold Foster, one of the leaders of the Chapel Hill Freedom Movement

Harold Foster attended the conference organized by North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford in Raleigh on July 3, 1963, to discuss the "Negro Protest Movement." It marked the first time a Southern governor met with black leaders during the protests against segregation.

 Demonstrators gather on the steps of the North Carolina State Capitol.

Demonstrators gather on the steps of the North Carolina State Capitol. The photo is taken at the conference to discuss the "Negro Protest Movement".Virginia Walker is in the back row, behind and to the right of the man wearing sunglasses.

 Supporters of a Chapel Hill public accommodations ordinance pack the First Baptist Church.

The Chapel Hill Freedom Committee organized a thirteen-mile Freedom March on January 12, 1964, from Durham to Chapel Hill to support passage of a pending public accomodations ordinance in Chapel Hill that would forbid discrimination because of race (bill 4-2).The tall man standing second from the…

 Renowned, national activist, James Farmer, speaks at a civil rights gathering at First Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, NC.

In preparation for a Freedom March from Durham to Chapel Hill, demonstrators attended a rally at Chapel Hill's First Baptist Church to hear civil rights leader James Farmer speak. Rev. J. R. Manley, pastor at First Baptist for sixty-six years, sits in the background.

 Katherine "Mama Kat" Council

 Troy Harrison and Brianna Harrison

 Jarrett Dawson's Dad

 Jarrett Dawson and other youth

 Pastor Troy Harrison's shrimp and grits

 Shirley Dawson's rice