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 Harrison Family and Haley Koch singing

 Ebony models design with Pat as spokesperson

 Justin Dawson

 Bernice dancers

 Bernice Dancers

 Shirley Mitchell

 Brianna Harrison

 Pastor Troy Harrison singing "I Won't Complain"

 Youth with Jarrett Dawson

 Bernice Harrison's macaroni and cheese

 Shirley Dawson's rice

 Pastor Troy Harrison's shrimp and grits

 Jarrett Dawson and other youth

 Jarrett Dawson's Dad

 Troy Harrison and Brianna Harrison

 Katherine "Mama Kat" Council

 Renowned, national activist, James Farmer, speaks at a civil rights gathering at First Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, NC.

In preparation for a Freedom March from Durham to Chapel Hill, demonstrators attended a rally at Chapel Hill's First Baptist Church to hear civil rights leader James Farmer speak. Rev. J. R. Manley, pastor at First Baptist for sixty-six years, sits in the background.

 Supporters of a Chapel Hill public accommodations ordinance pack the First Baptist Church.

The Chapel Hill Freedom Committee organized a thirteen-mile Freedom March on January 12, 1964, from Durham to Chapel Hill to support passage of a pending public accomodations ordinance in Chapel Hill that would forbid discrimination because of race (bill 4-2).The tall man standing second from the…

 Demonstrators gather on the steps of the North Carolina State Capitol.

Demonstrators gather on the steps of the North Carolina State Capitol. The photo is taken at the conference to discuss the "Negro Protest Movement".Virginia Walker is in the back row, behind and to the right of the man wearing sunglasses.

 Harold Foster, one of the leaders of the Chapel Hill Freedom Movement

Harold Foster attended the conference organized by North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford in Raleigh on July 3, 1963, to discuss the "Negro Protest Movement." It marked the first time a Southern governor met with black leaders during the protests against segregation.

 A march organized by the Chapel Hill Freedom Movement

A march organized by the Chapel Hill Freedom Movement on Franklin Street, Chapel Hill's main thoroughfare. Protesters stopped to point out segregated establishments.Hilliard Caldwell is in the center of the picture looking behind himself, wearing a driving cap and light colored photo. He is easily…

 Chapel Hill policemen carry Johnnie Perry to a police car

Chapel Hill policemen Coy Durham (left) and Amos Horn (right) carry Johnnie Perry to a police car. Perry was participating in a sit-in protesting segregation at Brady's Restaurant.

 Marchers protesting segregated facilities.

Marchers protesting segregated facilities stop in front of Clarence's Bar and Grill, while owner Clarence Grey and patrons of the restaurant gather at the front door to watch.

 Charmine Baldwin carrying an American flag

Carrying an American flag, Charmine Baldwin leads marchers who are demanding integration via the passage of a Chapel Hill public accommodations law.