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 Funeral Service Program for Mr. James Lee Edwards

Mr. James Lee Edwards' funeral took place on July 13, 1973 at St. Joseph CME Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Reverend Charles L. Helton officiated the service. Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

Funeral Service Program for Mr. James Dooley

Mr. James Dooley's funeral took place on Februar 13, 1976 at St. Joseph CME Church. Rev. Wylie E. Wilson officiated the service. Photo courtesy of Mrs. Patricia Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

 Funeral Service Program for Mr. Israel Barbee

Mr. Israel Barbee's funeral took place on November 5, 1972 at St. Joseph CME Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Reverend Charles L. Helton officiated the service. Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

 Funeral Service Program for Mr. Henry Baldwin

Mr. Henry Baldwin's funeral took place on July 19, 1970 at St. Joseph CME Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Rev. Thomas Hoyt, Jr. officiated the service. Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

Funeral Service Program for Mr. Ernest Earl Edwards

Mr. Ernest Earl Edwards' funeral took place on February 22, 1975 at St. Joseph CME Church. Rev. Wylie E. Wilson officiated the service. Photo courtesy of Mrs. Patricia Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

Funeral Service Program for Mr. Charlie N. Fearrington

Mr. Charlie N. Fearrington funeral took place on September 27, 1975 at St. Joseph CME Church. Rev. Wylie E. Wilson officiated the service. Photo courtesy of Mrs. Patricia Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

Funeral Service Program for Mr. Brodie Edwards, Sr.

Mr. Brodie Edwards, Sr.'s funeral took place on October 24, 1975 at St. Joseph CME Church. Rev. Wylie E. Wilson officiated the service. Photo courtesy of Mrs. Patricia Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

 Full View of St. Pauls

 Front cover from Rev. Warren R. Foushee's Homegoing Service

Rev. Warren R. Foushee served as the pastor for St. Joseph CME Church from 1955-1964. Members of St. Joseph's congregation traveled to Columbia, South Carolina for Rev. Foushee's homegoing service in 1991, bringing back the cover from the order of service. Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson…

 Freedom School Audio Documentary - Group 4

 Freedom School Audio Documentary - Group 3

 Freedom School Audio Documentary - Group 2

 Freedom School Audio Documentary - Group 1

 Freedom Handed Out in Installments

 Freddie Mae Mitchell - On her family and food

Ms. Freddie Mae Mitchell grew up on Graham Street, and as the oldest daughter in her family, she helped her parents by cooking for the rest of the family. Her cousins owned a farm, and her family would get food from them. When she got married she moved to Gomains Street, where she lived for ten…

Freddie Mae Mitchell

 Freddie Mae Mitchell

 Freda Andrews- on the impact her teachers had on her life (clip)

Freda Andrews: The schools were, as I said, full of caring teachers and the reason I chose to be a teacher today or an educator was because of some of those teachers then that taught me and instilled in me that you want to be somebody. So, when you want to be somebody, you have to grow up and watch…

 Freda Andrews - teaching during the civil rights movement (clip)

Freda Andrews: Everything was like, all the children wanted to do is to grow up and be farmers. They had no aspiration other than that. Drive a big tractor. They could describe that tractor and tell you what it was going to be like because they worked on the farm. That was all they knew. I felt so…

 Freda Andrews - On poetry she would always read to her students (clip)

Freda Andrews: I realized that for my children to feel what I felt, I had a couple of poems that I remember the most. I would have them learn and recite. Poems like “Harriet Tubman”.Harriet TubmanDidn’t take no stuffAnd wasn’t afraid of anything either. Didn’t come into in this world to be no…

 Freda Andrews - on her work as a remediation specialist (clip)

Freda Andrews (FA): Folk like me, they don’t have to pay us full salary. They hire us to come in and do remediation for a grade level to help them because many of the students don’t do well on the End of Grade tests. We are like a faux tutor in the public schools. We remediate them. I work four days…

 Freda Andrews - On her experience at Northside (clip)

Freda Andrews: I grew up walking to Northside Elementary School because that’s the mode of transportation in those days. And I would cross a little branch everyday going to Northside, which was 20 minutes from my house, if that much. The only difficulty with that sometimes, the little water would…

 Freda Andrews - On education, teaching, and the Freedom Movement

Freda Andrews is a daughter of the Northside. Notably, her primary and secondary school education transformed her life immeasurably. Her teachers, especially at Northside Elementary, created a classroom setting that directed individual attention to each student. Fostered by these nurturing teachers,…

 Freda Andrews - on early experiences teaching and cultural differences (clip)

Freda Andrews (FA): It wasn’t Durham Public Schools, it was Durham City Schools. I had my first teaching job at Fayetteville Street School in Durham. The ironic thing is, about that, as a Black teacher, I had to learn the culture of my own people because of the difference. When I was in Person…