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Martrina Morrow

"We were so segregated and I could never figure this one out and I wish somebody would tell me before I die: How in the name of God can you let me take care of your child, watch that child, you know, tend to that child, fix lunch for that child, and couldn’t eat in your house? I wish somebody would…

 Martha Barbee

This interview is part of an oral history project called Southern Communities: Listening for a Change: Mighty Tigers--Oral HIstories of Chapel Hill's Lincoln High School. The interviewes were conducted from 2000-2001, by Bob Gilgor, with former teachers, staff, and students from Chapel Hill, N.C.'s…

 Marquette Costen - On moving to North Carolina and what makes a good neighbor

This interview was done as part of the Facing Our Neighbors project. It begins with Costen discussing his respect for Southern women, noting that they can be stronger than men. Costen was originally from Washington, D.C. and moved to North Carolina with his grandmother. He notes the social…

Marquette Costen

 Marquette (Charles) Costen

Marquette is known throughout the area as the kind of neighbor who will just see that somebody needs help and drop by to lend a hand. We met him when he did just that for us at the Jackson Center.

 Marlou Pippin

 Marker to the Chapel Hill Nine

A marker to the Chapel Hill Nine was dedicated on February 28, 2020 and is located at 450 West Franklin Street.

 Mark Royster - On his family, education, and school integration

This interview begins with the background of Mark Royster. Royster grew up on his father’s farm in Granville County which is north of Durham County. His father’s farm was government subsidized. He was the youngest of twelve children. His sister is the eldest and would be 100 years old at the time of…

 Mark Royster - On his family, community, and church

Rev. Mark Royster is the minister of Cedar Rock Missionary Baptist Church in New Hill, NC. He has spent decades working as a banker (VP of SunTrust), minister, school board member (leader of the Blue Ribbon Task Force), and community developer and activist in Orange County, and has strong ties to…

Mark Royster

"We cannot sit idly by and expect others to work on our behalf and in order to save us from ourselves. We have to be actively involved in the process of salvation. So those of us who are willing to sit back in a community and wait for students, to wait for clergy, or wait for others to come and be…

Marion Phillips

 Marion Davis - 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.

Marion Davis

 Marie Roberson - 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.

Marie Roberson

 Marie Mann and Kenneth Mann

“Everybody knew everybody, and it’s just like anywhere else, you could walk away from your house and not lock the door. You would know the neighbor would watch your house, and you would hook the screen in the back, and you go on downtown wherever you are going and come back, and your house is ok.…

Marie Mann

 Marie Garlock

 Marian Phillips, William Carter, and Keith Edwards

 Marian Cheek Jackson poses with the dedication plaque for the Yonni Chapman Peace & Justice Memorial Library

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

Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History

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

 Marian Cheek Jackson (clip)