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 Courage in the Moment Station

 Council Member Sally Greene

 Cotton Chapel CME Church

Before the construction of St. Joseph CME Church, congregants worshipped at Cotton Chapel CME Church. Cotton Chapel CME Church was named after Mr. Henry Cotton, a devoted member and leader in forming the congregation. Photo courtesy of Mrs. Patricia Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

 Coretta Sharpless - On the Legacy of Northside Elementary School

Principal Coretta Sharpless retold the past of Northside Elementary School (NES) and discussed the re-opening of NES. She proudly highlighted how students carry out NES values through community engagements and commemoration. The Northside Timeline and preservation of archival materials from OCTS,…

Coretta Sharpless

 CORE organizer, Quinton Baker, teaches effective nonviolence tactics to local activists and leads a practice protest march.

 Congregation at St. Paul AME Church

 Community members gather in song at a candlelight vigil after the “reunion dinner” of over 300 activists, neighbors, and friends that concluded the “Civil Rights in Chapel Hill” weekend celebration.

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Colonial Drugstore

"...we had Colonial Drugstore, the Rock Quarry, a number of other restaurants around here that we were able to desegregate. And what it caused, students, with the leadership of some adults like Hilliard Caldwell and some others, we began to demonstrate and ask the peoples for service at the lunch…

 Collene Rogers - On working together (clip)

 Collene Rogers - On working together (clip)

 Collene Rogers - On weekend work (clip)

 Collene Rogers - On the importance of working together as a community and her involvement with civil rights organizations

In this interview, Collene Rogers begins by explaining the importance of working together as a community, standing up for oneself, and always working to improve one's own life. She then tells her experiences working for New York City banks, in which every branch had its own environment and diverse…

 Collene Rogers - On service (clip)

 Collene Rogers - On plumbing (clip)

 Collene Rogers - On offices (clip)

 Collene Rogers - On log cabins (clip)

 Collene Rogers - On her father's career in the trades

“At his (Walter Riggsbee) funeral, Reverend Manley said, “How many people had to call him at 1 o’clock in the morning, 2 o’clock in the morning, and he came?” I think every hand in the church went up.” - Collene Rigsbee This interview is part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s Builders Series.…

 Collene Rogers - On family history (clip)

 Collene Rogers - On family history (clip)

 Collene Rogers - On Citibank (clip)

 Collene Rogers - 6 to 7 (clip)

Collene Rogers

Collene was born and grew up in her family’s home on Merritt Mill Road. Her mother, Mary Neville Riggsbee, grew up on the Neville Farm in Orange County and her father, Walter Riggsbee, grew up on the Riggsbee Farm in Chatham County. In the mid-1930s, they each left home to work for the University…