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Melvin Parrish

 Willie Mae Patterson - On cooking and food

As a part of the Jackson Center’s food ways project, Willie Mae Patterson speaks to her experience with food and cooking. White Patterson grew up with a very small kitchen, her grandma taught her how to cook and always had lots of vegetables in her garden. Some of Patterson’s most popular dishes…

Willie Mae Patterson

"My granddad and my grandma they always had a garden. We grew up with a garden and they canned our food. We had a lot and they would can the vegetables, had a lot of tomatoes so they canned the tomatoes, and string beans, so you didn’t have to go back to the store in the wintertime to buy them.…

 Willie Mae Patterson - 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.

Interview with James Peace

This video, created by Judith Van Wyk, was part of a project by Van Wyk documenting the impact and legacy of the desegregation of Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools. Courtesy of Judith Van Wyk. Video may not be altered in any way.

Joanne Peerman

"We were not allowed into restaurants and nightclubs and the like. So anyone who wanted to go to wholesome family activities would go to school activities and sporting events and musical concerts given by the chorus from school. School played a very, very significant role in the black community. It…

 Joanne Peerman - On her childhood, education, and school integration

This oral history 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 interviewees were conducted from 2000-2001, by Bob Gilgor, with former teachers, staff, and students from Chapel Hill,…

 Sallie Pendergraft - On her education, faith, the Church of God, and Holmes Child Care

In this interview, Sally Pendergraft (soon turning 99 years old) discusses her family growing up in Durham and Chapel Hill. Her daughter, Christie who spent many years living in Georgia joins her to help her remember details about her life. The conversation covers the founding of the Church of God…

Sallie Pendergraft

Ms. Sallie Pendergraft was born in Winnsboro, SC, lived in Durham as a child, and moved to Chapel Hill, NC, as a teenager. Ms. Sallie is one of the oldest living and active members at First Baptist Church. She co-founded the Lyon Park Family Life and Recreation Center in Durham and served for many…

Gladys Pendergraph Brandon

 Gladys Pendergraph Brandon - Lemonade (clip)

In this audio clip, Ms. Gladys talks to Della Pollock about her approach to living the best life.

 Gladys Pendergraph Brandon

"I’ve always been told, 'You can be anything you’d like to be. But YOU have to be what you’d like to be.'" - Gladys Pendergraph Brandon Ms. Gladys lives by one of her favorite sayings: “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!” She runs “Heavenly Groceries/Comida Celestial”, a daily, grocery-style…

 Mr. Garrett Penley

Garrett is a jack of all trades who is particularly committed to sustainable gardening and local food justice. He served as the manager of HOPE gardens on Homestead Rd. and chose to be photographed there.

 Garrett Penley - Introduction (clip)

 Garrett Penley - Real Things (clip)

 Garrett Penley - Vision for Community (clip)

 Garrett Penley - Distribution of Wealth (clip)

 Garrett Penley - Interconnectedness vs. Societal Cancer (clip)

 Garrett Penley - Huertos, Food Disparities and St. Joseph's Food Ministry (clip)

Garrett Penley

"I learned the whole organic nature of everything in the world. The soil’s alive. The plant’s alive. There’s an interdependence of everything. You realize that it all of a sudden becomes ecology." - Garrett Penley

Clyde Perry

 Clyde Perry - On his childhood, family, education, and integration

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…

 Clyde Perry - On home and chores in Northside Community (clip)

 Clyde Perry - On book access and public library segregation (clip)