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 Doris Wilson - On an interesting life (clip)

 Doris Wilson - On administrators (clip)

 Doris Wilson - On accreditation (clip)

 Doris Wilson - Intro (clip)

Doris Wilson (DW): I bought her out, and I’m still there. Will Vaughan (WV): You’re still there now? Yeah. So, yeah, so I guess, what memories do you have from the early parts in this house that you’re in now? DW: Well I completed my education, you wanna hear that piece? I completed my education, I…

Doris Wilson

Etta Doris Wilson is an educator at Carrboro Early School on Lloyd St. She was born on August 13, 1936 in rural Robeson County, North Carolina, and moved to Chapel Hill into her aunt’s house when she was about 18 years old and preparing for college. Coming from a life on a farm, in a tight-knit and…

 Doris Bynum - On swimming in the creek (clip)

Doris Bynum

Doris Bynum grew up in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Her family farmed peanuts and sweet potatoes, and since a young age she’s known what it means to work hard. She first learned to drive on her daddy’s tractor, and as a child she and her friends would spend evenings playing in the creek that cut…

 Doris and DeLeon Bynum - On the importance of community

This interview was conducted for the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s Facing Our Neighbors Initiative. The interview focuses almost entirely on the importance of community in the lives of the Bynums. Topics Include: Growing up in area, Mr. Bynum’s experience in the fire department, Lincoln High,…

 Doris and DeLeon Bynum

 Dorcas Saunders - On moving to Chapel Hill, segregation, family, and her childhood

"I watched her. I watched her wash linen and dry it, make up the beds and everything. And I mean that stuck in my mind because I did not know she did that kind of work. I just knew she put on a uniform and she left. But I never knew what the uniform was for or what it meant or anything. - Dorcas…

Dorcas Saunders

 Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee - On swimming and friends (clip)

 Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee - On his family, nickname, and experiences working

"...we called it Tin Top, because all the houses that were on top had [roofs] with tin on it." - Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee This interview provides insight into the background of Donny “Hollywood” Riggsbee, a long-term Northside neighborhood resident. He shares his experiences living with 12…

 Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee - On his childhood, food memories, and working at UNC

Donny Hollywood Riggsbee, a bachelor, gemini, grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He remembers the last few decades in North Carolina, reflecting on the fond memories of his family and friends. He reflects on his time at UNC, working in housing and Lenoir dining hall. He shares his entertainment…

 Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee - On growing up in Chapel Hill, segregation, and his work experiences

Donny ‘Hollywood’ Riggsbee, resident of Chapel Hill, gives his biography during his time in in the town. He describes his youth, growing with 10 siblings, how his mother worked in a kitchen and how the kids worked while growing up. He talks about racial experiences in the form of his employer (Big…

Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee

"We had some old regular houses with tin on them...They were in a row, lined up on Hargraves Street...everybody up there was some kin." - Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee Donnie "Hollywood" Riggsbee was born and raised in the Tin Top neighborhood in Carrboro. He was the first black employee at Colonial…

 Donna Bell - On her family, career, and Northside

Chronological overview of Donna Bell’s life history; being raised in New Bern, NC; growing up in a single parent home; her undergraduate experience and involvement at UNC; career choices through studying English to working in Social Therapy; her move to Northside in 2001, her first house, her…

Donna Bell

Donna Bell grew up in New Bern, North Carolina and believes in the power of working hard for a life of which you can be proud. Over the years, her studies and experiences led her to becoming a social worker and therapist. She has also been an active member of Chapel Hill Town Council and currently…

 Dolores Eunice Farrington, Christian Foushee-Green, and Arminta Foushee

 Dolores Clark - Strayhorn family (clip)

Dolores Clark: Well I’ll start first with the Strayhorn family because I was raised in the home that my great grandparents Toney and Nellie Strayhorn built in 1879. And I was born in 1933 and lived in that home for about maybe 20 years or 18 years, I would say, until I left and went to college and…

 Dolores Clark - On the Masons (clip)

Dolores Clark: My grandfather was very active, like I said, in the masons. He was a mason, very active. He has built so many things around in the community, the First Baptist Church in Carrboro, he was a part of building that. And I understand from recent information that he and one of my uncles…

 Dolores Clark - On the Klan (clip)

 Dolores Clark - On the history of Black builders in her family

"They were devout Christians...and so, we survived. We survived by faith. They had a lot of faith." - Dolores Clark This interview is part of a series on Black builders in Orange County. Dolores Clark, a long-term resident of Chapel Hill, explains how her family has a history of building several…

 Dolores Clark - On the Barbees (clip)

Dolores Clark: So my great grandmother and great grandfather had two children, Sally and William. Okay, the two children. And that’s when they added on to their house after they built the log house, because they started a family. Sally married a Barbee. She married Fred Barbee and he was down there…