Home > Items Browse Items (2170 total) Sort by: Title Subject Date Added Mary Norwood Jones - On her experiences at Orange County Training School “First of all, I think that any person who comes to this community to teach in the school system should have a tour of Chapel Hill prior to teaching, so that they will know where the different neighborhoods are and what the neighborhoods are all about. They should know where the historical places… Mary Norwood Jones - On her experiences at Orange County Training School Mary Norwood Jones - On her teachers at Orange County Training School (clip) BG: What was your involvement in sports here at Orange County Training School? MJ: Well, they had different clubs and I was a member of just about every club in the school. My favorite was playing basketball, and I started playing basketball when I was in the sixth grade, Mr. Judas Scales was my… Mary Norwood Jones - On her teachers at Orange County Training School (clip) Mary Norwood Jones - On Orange County Training School (clip) Mary Norwood Jones (MNJ): Well, not at Northside. It was Orange County Training School and this school became Northside in 1951. My class was the last graduating class to attend this school and graduate from twelfth grade. At that particular time it was named Lincoln. The name of the school was… Mary Norwood Jones - On Orange County Training School (clip) Mary Scroggs "With school desegregation] they tried to make it very clear that they were all students and they were all to be treated as individuals with worth. And some teachers weren't very enthusiastic about this and resigned as a matter of fact, I remember. Most of the teachers, I think, made a real… Mary Scroggs Mary Scroggs - On her time serving on the school board and integration “We don’t have integration, we are desegregated, but aren’t integrated yet. I don’t know if we’ll ever be. We get closer, but it’s a slow process, but I felt very strongly that we needed to do that.” - Mary Scroggs Mary Scroggs grew up and attended high school in Nebraska and worked as a chemist for… Mary Scroggs - On her time serving on the school board and integration Mason Motel "My uncle had Mason’s groceries, and then he decided he would have a motel, and they called it Mason’s Motel for Colored. And, it was the only motel for Black people. Of course, Black people couldn’t go to the hotels in this area. And, Callaway had been there, Diana Washington, James Brown." - David… Mason Motel Mason's Barber Shop "You know, the black community had their businesses. One of the ladies they employed out here ran the Bar-be-cue. There was Mason's Barber Shop. That whole area up there between Chapel Hill and Carrboro." - Joanne Peerman Mason's Barber Shop Mason's Grocery Story "And my uncle was quite innovative at that time, and...he would get me and my brothers, and some of my friends—and we would go all over Chapel Hill. And he would have leaflets made, identifying when he was going to have a big sale at his store. And we would go all over Chapel Hill to do this. And,… Mason's Grocery Story Matthew Mason Matthew Mason Matthew Mason - 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. Matthew Mason - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill May Day Festival, 2014 May Day Festival, 2014 McDougle Elementary School McDougle Elementary opened in 1996. The school is named after Charles and Lucille McDougle, who educated students in Chapel Hill for over 40 years. It shares a campus with McDougle Middle School. McDougle Elementary School McDougle Middle School "I know at McDougle Middle School where I worked part-time for the past six years, I made many a phone call encouraging Blacks to come to PTA meetings and to let them know that it was very important to be involved. I did encourage becoming leaders within the PTA." - Hilliard Caldwell McDougle Middle… McDougle Middle School Media in the Movement by Annie Wilcosky was inspired by an interview with Jim Wallace. Media in the Movement by Annie Wilcosky was inspired by an interview with Jim Wallace. Melissa Peters Melissa Peters Melissa Peters - On education Melissa Peters - On education Melvin Parrish Melvin Parrish Members of several rights organizations stand in front of the Chapel Hill Post Office Members of several rights organizations stand in front of the Chapel Hill Post Office. They led this holiday march on December 7, 1963. Carrying letters addressed to political leaders to urge anti-discrimination legislation, they requested that fellow Chapel Hill citizens follow suit and "Send… Members of several rights organizations stand in front of the Chapel Hill Post Office Memorial Hospital "And that was 1952, when the hospital was opened. That's when jobs really became available. And then, if you got a job at the university hospital, twenty-five dollars a week, a hundred dollars a month. That was a long way from paying seven dollars a week." - Rebecca Clark "My grandmother didn't do… Memorial Hospital Merritt School "We went to a little country school back of our house [run by] Lottie Merritt. It was a school where we [went] from [grades] 1 through 7 and then we would take a test and go to high school at Orange County Training School." - Isabel Atwater Lottie Merritt ran a country school known as Merritt School… Merritt School Merritt's Store "The geographic boundary was pretty much the neighborhood. I think one time a friend and I left the neighborhood and we ended up at Merritt's store to get some candy. And we went past Merritt's store and we ended up on the next street. There turned out to be some lady up there who knew us, and she… Merritt's Store Michael Carver's Response Michael Carver's Response Michael Jenkins Michael Jenkins Michael Jones Michael Jones Previous Page ... 53 54 55 56 57 ... Next Page
