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 Man carried away by police at a protest

A UNC student is carried away during a protest.

 Protest

Harold Foster is the man with his fist raised and his back towards the camera, talking to the crowd. Anita Booth is on the far left, wearing a button-up collared shirt with vertical stripes. Larry Foushee is to the right of Anita Booth, in the front row of the protestors wearing a printed short…

 Children hold signs at a protest

 Durham to Chapel Hill Walk for Freedom

 Bobby Riggsbee and Rev. Jim Cotton

"This is a picture of Bobby (Walt's Grill) and Rev. Jim Cotton. Both cooked together. He is Mama Dip's brother and life long friend of Walter Riggsbee" - C. Rogers Photo courtesy of C. Rogers

 Bobby Riggsbee stationed in Germany

"Bobby Riggsbee stationed in Germany" - C. Rogers Photo courtesy of C. Rogers

Poem on Northside by Jasmine (Juice) Farmer

I never truly understood the meaning of community until I witnessed The Northside.I knew the power of a village and the power of prayer,But I had never been a part of a community more powerful, more stronger, & a place that seeped resilience more than the northside.I only got to experience the…

 Walter and Mary (Molly) Riggsbee

"This is Walter Riggsbee & his wife Mary (Molly)." - C. Rogers Photo courtesy of C. Rogers

 William Cureton

"This picture is William Cureton, class of 60-61." - C. Rogers Photo courtesy of C. Rogers

Teachers, Artisans, and Entrepreneurs - Faith (Min. Robert Lee Campbell) Clip 1

Teachers, Artisans, and Entrepreneurs - Faith (Min. Robert Lee Campbell) Clip 2

Teachers, Artisans, and Entrepreneurs - Faith (Sen. Valerie Foushee)

Hargraves Community Center

Community-built and community-led, Hargraves is the heart of Northside. In 1939, with fiscal support from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), resident brick masons and carpenters began construction on the “Negro Community Center.” In the midst of World War II, UNC would host the Navy’s…

St. Joseph C.M.E. Church

St. Joseph C.M.E. Church, located at 510 W. Rosemary in Chapel Hill, was founded in 1898. Its mother church was Hamlet Chapel CME Church, Pittsboro, NC and it started as Cotton Chapel C.M.E Church (named for the late Mr. Henry Cotton, a church founder). Pastor Troy Harrison at St. Joseph helped…

St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church

First imagined by worshippers of Black and Native American descent who gathered to worship under a grape vine arbor on December 29, 1864, St. Paul A.M.E. Church was accepted into the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1870. Its members built the first church, a log cabin, on Merritt Mill Road.…

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church was organized in 1865 out of what is now University Baptist Church. It started in the Quaker school building on Franklin Street and eventually grew and expanded to its current site on Roberson Street in 1946. First Baptist has had six pastors in its long history, and its motto…

Second Baptist Church

Second Baptist Church is located at 114 S. Graham Street in Chapel Hill, NC.

RENA Community Center

The Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA) Community Center is located at 101 Edgar St. in Chapel Hill, NC. The Rogers-Eubanks neighborhood his a historically Black community from Homestead to Eubanks Roads north of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The community dates back to the 1700s and until…

Barbee's Chapel Harvest Word Church

Barbee's Chapel Harvest Word Church is located at 5916 Barbee's Chapel Road.

Cathedral of Hope Mission Church

Cathedral of Hope Mission Church is located at 100-A Hillview Street in Carrboro, NC.

New Vision Church of God of Prophecy

New Vision Church of God of Prophecy is located at 605 Church Street in Chapel Hill, NC.

Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History

First Church of God Christian Fellowship

First Church of God Christian Fellowship is located at 102 Boyd Street in Carrboro, NC.

Faith Tabernacle Oasis of Love International Church

Faith Tabernacle Oasis of Love International Church is located on Rogers Road in Chapel Hill, NC.