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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)

Clyde Perry - On Northside memories and the gymatorium (clip)

Clyde Perry - On Northside teachers visiting the home (clip)

Clyde Perry - On gathering at the Rockpile at Northside (clip)

Clyde Perry - On Bynum Weaver's Store (clip)

Clyde Perry - On a Northside School day (clip)

Clyde Perry - On participating in Colonial Drug sit-in (clip)

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…

Loretta Perry

Velma Perry - On the history and future of Northside

In the interview Ms. Perry discusses the early history of the Northside community going back to the founding of the University and the introduction of slaves to the area. She then goes on to describe her family history, including her grandfather’s work as an undertaker and a carpenter who built many…

Velma Perry

"About a hundred and thirty years there: the same house. People live in it [laughter] right now!" - Velma Perry

Velma Perry - On her family history, political organizing, and working at the Carolina Inn

This interview with Velma Perry captures her time growing up in the Tin Top neighborhood of Chapel Hill. Velma Perry’s mother was one of Luther Hargrave’s and Della Weaver’s nineteen children. She recounts how her family has lived in the Tin Top neighborhood for generations, where her father helped…

Velma Perry at May Day Festival 2013

Ms. Velma Perry at the May Day Festival in 2013.

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