Home > Items Browse Items (2170 total) Sort by: Title Subject Date Added Dishing It Up at Heavenly Groceries The food ministry at St. Joseph C.M.E. began in 2004 as part of Rev. Troy F. Harrison’s vision of a “church without walls.” Initially a bread ministry stocked with loaves and coffeecakes donated by an Entemann’s Bakery Outlet, the ministry has grown to a grocery-style, no-documentation-needed, fresh… Dishing It Up at Heavenly Groceries On and Off the Midway In 1957 in Chapel Hill, only 3 restaurants in Chapel Hill were desegregated, those owned and run by the immigrant Danziger family. Otherwise, Jim Crow laws kept Black residents from sharing a lunch counter, much less a table with whites. Breaking bread together would be one of the last thresholds of… On and Off the Midway The Porches of Northside The front porch. The space between inside and outside, private and public worlds. A place for friends and family to gather and to renew the essential connections that make up community. A place to sit and watch out; a place from which to receive the waves of passing neighbors and strangers as… The Porches of Northside Catharyne Butler Catharyne Butler Rodney Taylor Rodney Taylor Freda Andrews Since she was a child, Freda Andrews knew that she wanted to pursue a career in education. Her experiences at Northside Elementary, alongside her involvement in the Southern Freedom Movement, influenced her desire to carve out spaces to teach Black history and inspire her students to feel empowered… Freda Andrews Virginia Jones Virginia Jones Walt Riggsbee "[Racism] never seemed to faze me. It fazed me more in the service than down here. Going overseas was bad." - Walt Riggsbee Walt Riggsbee Ezra Barbee "And at that particular time, my grandfather had a heart attack. He said, 'Well, look, son, I’m going to tell you this: Either you are going to finish this job, or you are going to go home.' So that was my fuel up under my whatever. You can go do it or go home. So, I got it." - Ezra Barbee Ezra… Ezra Barbee William Smith "I’m not a book person […] I like to build things, and then brag about it." - William Smith William Smith Albert Washington "[My son] went in the Navy first, and when he came out of the Navy, he went to work for us. And I would put him on the hardest thing on the job, and that’s why he’s such a brick mason, such a good mason. Every corner or curve that I had, I would put him on." - Albert Washington Albert Washington James Bryan II James Bryan II Edward Jones Edward Jones Amanda Ashley Amanda Ashley grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother was a home economics teacher, and so she grew up with a strong understanding of nutrition. In the summers, they would sometimes visit her grandmother who had a farm in Georgia, where they enjoyed fresh pecans, corn, and scuppernong… Amanda Ashley Carolyn Briggs Carolyn Briggs grew up on S. Merritt Mill road in a two-story rock house. As a child, she walked over a mile to go to elementary school in Northside – no matter if it was raining, snowing, or sleeting. She is a graduate of Lincoln High School and participated in the Civil Rights Movement in Chapel… Carolyn Briggs Deloris Bynum Deloris Bynum, the oldest of seven siblings, grew up in Chapel Hill and has been here all her life. Her mother worked in the infirmary as a nurse’s aide, and her father was a chef. In high school, Bynum was a member of the cheerleading squad, and she eventually married her high school sweetheart who… Deloris Bynum Kara Baldwin Kara Baldwin Joe Alston Joe, a long-time resident of Northside, is known for the care with which he maintains his yard and the way he looks out for elderly neighbors on Lindsay Street. Joe Alston Charles Geer Charles Geer Michael Jenkins Michael Jenkins Equashia Mumeen Equashia Mumeen Jerry Neville Jerry Neville Bertina Parrish Bertina Parrish David Parrish David Parrish Previous Page ... 57 58 59 60 61 ... Next Page
