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 Clarke Egerton - on his busy schedule as an educator and active community member (clip)

CE: And there again, even with the band that I was working with, again I had the safety patrol, and I had a homeroom, and then they had the Maydays, which you are responsible for. And I was also the junior class advisor, which means that I had to be responsible for getting the junior prom together.…

 Clarke Egerton - on being a music educator and leading a band (clip)

RG: So you graduated North Carolina College in - CE: '55. '56. RG: '55. '56. And then you were at John R. Hawkins High School? CE: Warrenton - it was John R. Hawkins High School, it was called John R. Hawkins, in Warrenton, North Carolina. And that year was my first year doing band. So I had the…

Clarke Egerton

Clarence Farrar

 Clara Thompson and Bruce Washington

 CJ Suitt and Will McInerney

 Civil Rights Story Circle - On treatment in jail (clip)

 Civil Rights Story Circle - On their experiences in Chapel Hill in the 1960s

Freedom fighters Euyvonne Cotton, James Foushee, William Carter, Linda Brown, Keith Edwards, and Marion Phillips gathered upstairs at St. Joseph C.M.E. to talk about their experiences as young people in the freedom movement in Chapel Hill 1960-1964. Spurred by the recent publication of Courage in…

 Civil Rights Story Circle - On Carrboro (clip)

 Civil Rights protesters march from St. Joseph C.M.E. to Franklin Street

A protest march makes its way from St. Joseph's CME Church to Franklin Street. To maintain calm, the Chapel Hill police often treated the marches as parades. Eat at Joe's, the restaurant named in the banner carried in the front, was named in many signs protesting segregation. The owner was a vocal…

 Civil Rights Labels

 Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Seventh Episcopal District Joint Annual Conference

This is the cover for the program of the Annual Conference of the Seventh Episcopal District of the CME Church. The conference was held in Arlington, Virginia from August 1-6, 2004. Bishop Charles L. Helton was the Presiding Prelate. Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME…

 Christian Foushee-Green at St. Paul AME Church

 Christian Foushee-Green - On the role of church and the future of Northside

Christian Jacobi Foushee-Green is the lead singer, songwriter, and keyboardist for the “Chit Nasty Band” which he created in 2011, one year after graduating from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Born on April 26 in 1988, Christian (or “Chit” to some of his fans) has been involved in both…

Christian Foushee-Green

 Children's event at Hargraves Community Center organized by Mildred "Mama Dip" Council

"She wanted to start an organization that would help children." - Anita Spring Council Mildred "Mama Dip" Council organized a free event for local children at Hargraves Community Center. Children received a free meal, played games, and received prizes from local businesses. Anita Spring Council…

 Children hold signs at a protest

 Child Comments

Chelsea Cooper

 Chelsea Alston beatboxing

 Chelsea Alston at Youth Cypher

 Chelsea Alston - On the neighborhood and community changing (clip)

Alexander Stephens: How have you seen it [the community] change? Chelsea Alston: I’ve seen it change from—Well, like I was saying a lot of my friends live in close proximity of each other. It’s changing to where that it’ll be more of my friends living in the neighborhood than it is now. A lot of my…

 Chelsea Alston - On her experiences as a youth leader and changes in the community

This interview provides background of interviewee’s connection to Chapel Hill. She shares her experiences as a youth leader in the community. She describes the changes of the community over time (gentrification). Her ideas of safe places for young POCs in Chapel Hill are provided. She talks about…

Chelsea Alston

Chelsea Alston was born and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a place where she has deep roots. In 2012, Chelsea graduated from Chapel Hill High School. Her family has lived here for generations, attending St. Joseph’s CME Church for as long as she can remember. She sees herself living in the…