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 Media in the Movement by Annie Wilcosky was inspired by an interview with Jim Wallace.

 Medical Laboratory Assistant Trainees Class of 1971

St. Joseph CME Church would often partner with UNC Hospitals to gauge the needs of the community, and would have on-the-job training programs. Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

Melissa Peters

 Melissa Peters - On education

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…

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…

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'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…

 Michael Carver's Response

Michael Jenkins

Michael Jones

 Michael Jones - On faith

Michael Palmer

"Wealth is in relationships. And if you wanted to measure that wealth, it is in the number of people that show up to your funeral. Because if people care enough, they’re gonna take time outta their lives to acknowledge yours." - Michael Palmer In his current position as Senior Outreach Coordinator…

 Michael Palmer - On his family, education, and career

As the son of a man in the Navy Michael Palmer grew up all over the East Coast, which helped shape him into the person he is today. While his mother passed away when he was young, his father always stepped up to be the best role model that he could be for his sons. Mr. Palmer talks about living at…

 Michael Parker

This interview is part of a group of interviews conducted by Susan Simone exploring the lives and struggle of various members of the Northside community: a historically black and primarily residential neighborhood located immediately northwest of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and…

 Michelle Laws

 Michelle Laws

 Michelle Laws on Sustaining OurSelves panel

 Michelle Laws Praying

 Michelle Laws with Yonni Chapman's family

Michelle Rolanda Brown

Michelle Rolanda Brown (MRB) is the Director of Developm at the Jackson Center. MRB came to Chapel Hill as a student in 2014 and remained in the Triangle area following graduation in 2018 in order to continue work with the Silent Sam Movement. Following the monument’s toppling, MRB served as a…

 Michelle Rolanda Brown

Midway Barber Shop

Stephen Edwards opened the Midway Barber Shop in 1952.