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 Howard N. Lee - On his political career, race, and class

This interview is part of a project done from 1995-1997, aimed at understanding how North Carolinians have dealt with post-Great Depression changes. Overarching themes are the realignment in North Carolina party politics and the Republican reemergence, the evolution of African American political…

 Howard Lee - On politics and Black electoral progress in the south

This interview is part of a project conducted from 1973-1975 by Jack Solomon Bass and Walter De Vries with political leaders, journalists, editors, party officials, political scientists, campaign directors, union officials, and civil rights leaders from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,…

 Howard Lee - On education policy, politics in Chapel Hill, and desegregation

Lee, who was elected mayor of Chapel Hill in 1969, 1971, and 1973 talks about education policy, politics in Chapel Hill. Overview of Chapel Hill and Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools in early 1960s; closing of Lincoln High School; disparate concerns of black and white communities during his 1969 mayoral…

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Holmes Day Nursery

"I enjoyed the teaching and then we enjoyed the children too. I did very little teaching with the children since I was the Director. But we handled the money well and fed them! We had good lunches and good food for them." - Sallie Pendergraft Holmes Day Nursery (now known as Holmes Child Care…

Hollywood Theater

"Now the only time we would go to that was on Friday nights...And we'd start getting very good before Friday, maybe start up Wednesday or Thursday, so you'd be eligible to go. Doing housework or any little thing, or being very sweet with your tongue, and very mannerly to get to go to the movies." -…

Hollywood Cab Service and Carolina Cab

"Then on Franklin Street back in the 50s, from across from McDonalds all the way up to where they're building the Carolina Ale Shop, there was a Black restaurant called the Hollywood Grill. [Where 411 West is.] That was a Black restaurant. And next door to that in the same building was a cab company…

History of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

This article is a brief history of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church from the CME Church calendar. Photos courtesy of Mrs. Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

History of Lincoln High School by Mr. Edwin Caldwell

In June 1973, Mr. Edwin Caldwell wrote a history of Lincoln High School for Lincoln High School Alumni Association. Starting with the establishment of the "Free School," Mr. Caldwell details the events leading up to the renaming of O.C.T.S. to Lincoln High School. To read the history, click here.

History of Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church

 Hilliard Caldwell at the Northside Gateway Dedication

Hilliard Caldwell, one of the Chapel Hill Nine, attended the unveiling of the first Northside gateway in 2017. The gateway is located at the corner of West Rosemary and Roberson Street.

 Hilliard Caldwell - Watching the news on television in the 1950s (clip)

John Kenyon “Yonni” Chapman (YC): Did your family have a television? Hilliard Caldwell (HC): Mmm, later on in life, I think we bought—there was one about fifty-two, fifty-three I can’t remember ( )- YC: Do you remember hearing about or seeing on television the situation in Little Rock [Arkansas]…

 Hilliard Caldwell - Violent August 1937 incident (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - The extent to which ministers addressed segregation (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Teachers in the community, integration (clip)

Hilliard Caldwell: Teachers lived in the community. Teachers attended churches of their choice within the Black community. Parents had a chance to see teachers, not necessarily at school. Teachers also attended the churches in their community. That is not the case today. A large contingency of our…

 Hilliard Caldwell - Students who were involved with the Campus Y meeting (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Speaking about the integration of Chapel Hill High School

“As R.D. Smith would tell you, I had a chip on my shoulder. I thought everybody was against me because… I didn’t have the finer things in life. But R.D. saw that chip and he told me, 'One day I’m going to knock that chip off,' and he did. And as a result, I ended up in 1955 getting elected president…

 Hilliard Caldwell - Speaking about his childhood, family, and race

I was president of my student body at Lincoln High from 1955-56. That was the first time that I'd ever ran for an office where people voted for you based on what you stood for. Having experienced that in an all Black high school was the driving point in getting me to want to run for public office…

 Hilliard Caldwell - Shifting from First Baptist to St. Joseph CME to United Church of Christ (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Role of adults in leading in the movement, conclusion (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - R.D. Smith and other influential teachers (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Punishment and role of school (clip)

Hilliard Caldwell: Child abuse was never mentioned. It was not even a word. Abuse was not even mentioned back in those days. We got many a [unclear.] And as Eddie Murphy used to say in one of his jokes, that his mom used to whup him and said, the louder he cried the louder she whupped. And he said,…

 Hilliard Caldwell - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill (Interview Two)

"I was about 23, and I was married, and even my mom said, 'you ought not to be doing that,' and I said, 'Well, I’m sorry mom, but we have to.'" - Hilliard Caldwell Hilliard Caldwell, a Black activist in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area during the Civil Rights movement, explains his role in the…

 Hilliard Caldwell - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill (Interview One)

“It was hard times, but it was good times. It was hard times, but it was fair times. It was hard times, but we appreciated what was there. We appreciated our parents, we appreciated the school structure, the community structure, the church structure. All of these were important components of growing…