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 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)

 Marian Cheek Jackson - On the Jackson Center and her vision for Northside

Marian Cheek Jackson has resided in Chapel Hill for her entire life. Much of the life she knows has involved her staying in, participating in, and protecting Northside. The Marian Cheek Jackson Center was named after her because of the vision she had to document the history that lies in the…

 Marian Cheek Jackson - On St. Joseph's Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and the effects of urban renewal

In this interview, Marian Cheek Jackson describes the origins of St. Joseph's Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and her start as church historian. Jackson discusses the role of her father, Kennon Cheek, and Russell Edwards in establishing the church, the impact of the Quaker church school and St.…

 Marian Cheek Jackson - On her occupational history, family history, and parents

This interview starts with the occupational history for Marian Cheek Jackson. She worked in policy service, data processing, and underwriting for North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company for 22 years. North Carolina Mutual is the largest and oldest black insurance company in the country. In…

 Marian Cheek Jackson - On community history, family history. and the University of North Carolina

"You have to keep going." - Marian Cheek Jackson Mrs. Marian Cheek Jackson begins with a description of prominent Black businesses that used to exist in the African American community, (including Mason's grocery store); St. Joseph's Christian Methodist Episcopal Church's role in civil rights…

 Marian Cheek Jackson