Home > Items Browse Items (2170 total) Sort by: Title Subject Date Added Jarrett Dawson leading song Jarrett Dawson leading song Jarrett Dawson's Dad Jarrett Dawson's Dad Jasmine Farmer Performs Jasmine Farmer Performs Jasmine Farmer with 8th graders Jasmine Farmer leads 8th graders at Smith Middle School in an exercise as part of a Civil Rights Workshop. Jasmine Farmer with 8th graders Jason Owens Tommy Owens and Jason Owens are brothers who moved to Chapel Hill around 2008. Tommy is described to be someone who is “always looking out for others” and the brothers share a vision of the Chapel Hill community as a place that is safe, full of good neighbors, but changing with time. Their shared… Jason Owens Jean Pierre Jean Pierre Jeanette Fearrington Jeanette Fearrington Jerdene Alston "We would always be singing at the time we were marching. We would just march and sing and that was it." - Jerdene Alston Jerdene Alston Jerdene Alston - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill Jerdene Alston is a Chapel Hill native that was born in 1944. She grew up having no issues with others regarding race, but when she learned about racial injustices facing fellow Black Americans across the country, she joined the civil rights movement. This was after graduating second in her class in… Jerdene Alston - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill Jerry Neville Jerry Neville Jim Wallace Jim Wallace Jim Wallace and Thomas Hoyt Jim Wallace and Thomas Hoyt Jimmie Lee Bynum Jimmie Lee Bynum Joanne McClelland "We were a very bold group of African-American students, it was just something about the African-American kids in my class; we were not going to allow certain things to happen. And so, when we got together. . .and talked about how unfair it was and how it was not right to have some of our friends,… Joanne McClelland Joanne McClelland - On race in schools after the desegregation of Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools This interview is part of a project conducted by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate and undergraduate students in a 2001 oral history course. Topics include Chapel Hill's efforts to end racial segregation in the public schools; the process of creating integrated institutions; and… Joanne McClelland - On race in schools after the desegregation of Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools Joanne McClelland - On the relationship between UNC and Chapel Hill's Black community This interview is part of a project conducted by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate and undergraduate students in a 2001 oral history course. Topics include Chapel Hill's efforts to end racial segregation in the public schools; the process of creating integrated institutions; and… Joanne McClelland - On the relationship between UNC and Chapel Hill's Black community 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 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,… Joanne Peerman - On her childhood, education, and school integration Joe A. Fearrington - On the Carolina Inn Joe A. Fearrington has lived in Chapel Hill his whole life and worked at the Carolina Inn for 30 years as a bellman on the “graveyard shift” and in the maintenance department. He reflects on his experience working at the Carolina Inn, sharing stories of guests, renovations, and other happenings at… Joe A. Fearrington - On the Carolina Inn Joe Alston Joe, a long-time resident of Northside, is known for the care with which he maintains his yard and the way he looks out for elderly neighbors on Lindsay Street. Joe Alston 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. John Fykes sings as police drag him from a sit-in John Horbet Johnson John Horbet Johnson John Horbet Johnson and Ida Mae Johnson - 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. John Horbet Johnson and Ida Mae Johnson - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill John Mason "At the time I was born, Blacks could’nt be born at the hospital. So, you know, I’m 51 years old if you want to count back and see how many years ago--strange enough my brother, my youngest brother was the first Black born at UNC hospital!" - John Mason John Mason Previous Page ... 43 44 45 46 47 ... Next Page
