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 Judy Nunn Snipes and Gertrude Nunn - Speaking about the Rogers-Eubanks community

“I just have to say it was two proud families that basically loved the land and raised their families and contributed to the economy. There were lots of talents on both sides of the family- there was nothing her brothers couldn’t do.” - Judy Nunn Snipes This interview is part of an SOHP project…

 Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes - On about the efforts to protect her community from the landfill (clip)

 Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes - On bedrock and dynamite (clip)

 Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes - On being bullied (clip)

 Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes - On family, faith, and the importance of heritage and land

“The connection is that the faith that backs me is my support and my strength. The you don’t give up. You keep fighting.” - Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes has been an important member and leader of Chapel Hill since growing up and living in the community for most of her life. She…

 Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes - On her journey as a leader (clip)

 Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes - On how the landfill destroyed her family's land (clip)

 Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes - On the beginnings of the landfill and its impact (clip)

 Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes - On the impact of Duke Energy ordinances on her family property (clip)

 Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes - On the impact of gentrification (clip)

 Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes - On the landfill and loss of Black-owned homes (clip)

Junius Scales

"There was tremendous resentment from generations from mistreatment. Most of the black women leaders, at least up until the time of the union, had never had an encounter with a white person that wasn't painful, humiliating or worse. So trying to get this across to white guys who were from the North,…

 Junius Scales - On race in Chapel Hill and Carrboro in the 1930s and anti-racist organizing in the 1940s

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.

 Justin Dawson

Kalee McClain

 Kalee McClain - On her cooking business and her state certification (clip)

 Kalee McClain - On her volunteer work (clip)

 Kalee McClain - On her volunteer work at RENA (clip)

 Kane Smego at Youth Cypher

 Kara Baldwin

 Kara Baldwin

Kara Baldwin

Karen L. Parker

"Most Black students wanted to go to historically Black colleges or universities because there was a sense of belonging. Because one thing about being one of the handful of Blacks on a predominantly white campus socially you can be very isolated." - Karen L. Parker

 Karen L. Parker - On her childhood, family, college experience, and race

Karen Lynn Parker was the first African American woman undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She discusses her childhood; family history; moving to Los Angels; three marriages; division of race in her neighborhood; parents encouraging her to attend a predominantly…