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 Elementary School Field Trip to Mama Dip's Kitchen

An elementary school class visited Mama Dip's Kitchen and enjoyed lunch at the restaurant. After the field trip, students drew pictures about their experience. Photos courtesy of Anita Spring Council

Elizabeth Carter

 Elizabeth Carter - On growing up in Carrboro and school integration

“Because usually it ended up, truly, even though the schools were integrated, the classrooms were segregated, because whites were on one side and Blacks were on the other. Same typical thing, if you think about now, if you go into integrated situations, that people tend to migrate toward people that…

 Elizabeth McCain

Ellen Perry

Ms. Ellen Perry has lived in Carrboro for 40 years. As of a fear years ago, she moved into a house that is now being updated by Medicaid, to suit the accommodations she needs. Ellen has cerebral palsy and is a powerful and passionate advocate for disabled populations, both for empowerment for…

 Ellen Perry - On advocating for disabled populations

Ms. Ellen Perry has lived in Carrboro for 40 years. As of a fear years ago, she moved into a house that is now being updated by Medicaid, to suit the accommodations she needs. Ellen has cerebral palsy and is a powerful and passionate advocate for disabled populations, both for empowerment for…

Elmer Pendergraft's Esso Service Station

"Used to be a service station right there called Elmer Pendergraft. Service station right here at the corner, right across from Carolina Carwash...[Dad] worked up until...he got sick. And then Mr. Elmer had to sell the service station because he had gotten sick too...So they just sold it, sold the…

 Eloise and Albert Williams - On the Ku Klux Klan (clip)

Eloise Williams (EW): They dealt with the “rebbish” [white people in Carrboro] but we dealt with the Ku Klux. Rob Stephens (RS): Out where you were? Albert Williams (AW): Yeah, on 54. They’d have Klan rallies in that field, in that section. EW: Yes, sir. They would scare you half to death, peeking…

Eloise Williams

Emily Banks

Born and Raised in New York, Emily Banks moved south to Chapel Hill in 1970. Her faith is foundational for how she moves through the world, and she is an active member and leader of St. Joseph CME Church. Banks is proud of her family history and the many accomplishments of her children.

 Emily Banks

 Emily Banks - Malcolm X and the Civil Rights Movement (clip)

 Emily Banks - On her family, immigration, and faith

This interview is part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s Life History Series.  Emily Banks, a current member and leader of St. Joseph CME Church, was born in 1946 in New York and migrated south to North Carolina in 1970.  She has spent the last few decades in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  She…

 Emily Banks - on her father's military service (clip)

 Emily Banks with Choir

 Emma Anderson listened to an interview with James Foushee and responded artistically in her piece.

 Emma Beck's Civil Rights Tapestry

Emma Beck transforms local history into her Civil Rights Tapestry.

Emma Fowler

 Emma Fowler - On growing up in Chapel Hill and Northside

This interview provides into Fowler's life growing up in Chapel Hill, her church attendance, and her education at Northside Elementary School. She goes into the neighborhood and family dynamics as well. She shares that her father worked for UNC. She spends her leisure time playing music and learning…

EMPOWERment, Inc.

EMPOWERment, Inc. is a Community Development Corporation with the mission of empowering individuals and communities to achieve their destiny through community organizing, affordable housing, and grassroots economic development.

 Equashia Mumeen

Equashia Mumeen

 Equashia Mumeen – Family as Community (clip)

 Equashia Mumeen – Incredible Act of Giving (clip)