Home > Items Browse Items (2227 total) Sort by: Title Subject Date Added James Brittian - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill “In the Black community, regardless of who you were, everyone socialized together to a certain degree.” - James Brittian James Brittian was born in 1944 on Rosemary Street and grew up in Chapel Hill. He talks about his family, growing up with his brothers and sisters, being a middle child, and his… James Brittian - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill James Brittian "[The Black teachers] were looked upon as gods." - James Brittian James Brittian Mary Mason Boyd - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill "We thought that since it’s a fight for the Black cause, it should be located in the Black community and establishment." - Mary Mason Boyd This interview is part of an oral history interview project conducted by Yonni Chapman with participants in the African American freedom struggle and the Civil… Mary Mason Boyd - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill Mary Mason Boyd Mary Mason Boyd Fred Battle - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill "I would always look as I would walk down the corridors of the hall in Lincoln, and I could still hear some of the teachers speaking now. Giving guidance, giving direction, giving praise, and all the motivation we would need to excel as students, excel as athletes." - Fred Battle Fred Battle was… Fred Battle - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill Quinton Baker - 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. Quinton Baker - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill Quinton Baker Quinton Baker Henry Atwater "I told them that the Orange County Training School was the only school that Black people had...I was the only one to kick when they built that train that went by the back of the school." - Henry Atwater Henry Atwater Charles Weaver Charles Weaver Henry Atwater and Charles Weaver - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill "Chapel Hill and Carrboro have been fighting each other for a long time. Ever since I was born. About where the city limits are, what they do, and how they’re going to do this. That’s why you’ve got the mayor of Chapel Hill and the Mayor of Carrboro. Chapel Hill has been trying to take over Carrboro… Henry Atwater and Charles Weaver - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill 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 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 Investor Owned Properties in Northside 2000-2011 Investor Owned Properties in Northside 2000-2011 Northside in 2008 Northside in 2008 Black Chapel Hill / Carrboro 1944 Black Chapel Hill / Carrboro 1944 2004 Northside Neighborhood Overlay 2004 Northside Neighborhood Overlay Handy Campbell, Debra Coleman, and Paul Simmons - On his family, learning masonry, and building projects This interview focuses on Handy Campbell’s work and family history and how grew up and learned how to be a mason from his father. His father learned from Handy’s grandfather (Judge Campbell). He described learning how to be a bricklayer as a 6 year old and building a stone house with his father when… Handy Campbell, Debra Coleman, and Paul Simmons - On his family, learning masonry, and building projects Handy Campbell "My whole family was masons...that’s what we did that’s how I came up. - Handy Campbell Handy Campbell began working as a brick mason with his father at six years old. He started his own masonry business at fifteen years old, and had a long career mentoring other masons in Chapel Hill and working on… Handy Campbell Jacqueline Battle Pratt Jacqueline Battle Pratt Mae McLendon Mae was born in the little town of Red Springs, NC. Her mother moved her “kicking and screaming” to Orange County in 1964. She now cannot imagine living anywhere else. She was educated in the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools. She earned a B.A. in Sociology and a Master of Social Work from UNC-… Mae McLendon Waters Films Showing Black Residents in Chapel Hill in 1939 (Reel 2) Photographer H. Lee Waters traveled across North Carolina and parts of South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee from 1936-1942 to film small communities. These videos, which he named “Movies of Local People” aired in local movie theaters, often before feature films. Trying to film as many people as… Waters Films Showing Black Residents in Chapel Hill in 1939 (Reel 2) Map of Pritchard's Field Map of Pritchard's Field Waters Films Showing Black Residents in Chapel Hill in 1939 (Reel 1) Photographer H. Lee Waters traveled across North Carolina and parts of South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee from 1936-1942 to film small communities. These videos, which he named “Movies of Local People” aired in local movie theaters, often before feature films. Trying to film as many people as… Waters Films Showing Black Residents in Chapel Hill in 1939 (Reel 1) H. Lee Waters Logbook, Volume 1, Pages 148-149 H. Lee Waters Logbook, Volume 1, Pages 148-149 Previous Page ... 50 51 52 53 54 ... Next Page
