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 St. Paul AME Church 134th Anniversary

For St. Paul AME Church's 134th anniversary in 1998, the church organized a walk from Chapel of the Cross to St. Paul AME Church called Faith on Franklin. In the photo Mrs. Minnie James seated, surrounded by the great grandchildren of Mrs. Fannie Edwards. Photo courtesy of Arminta Foushee.

 St. Paul AME Church Congregation in 1949

Rev. Upshaw stands in front of St. Paul AME Church with his congregation in the summer of 1949. Photo courtesy of Arminta Foushee.

 St. Paul AME Church Men's Choir

Stanley Vickers

"You didn't buck the system. White folks had their place, Black folks had their place, and fighting with them was just not the thing you do. You don't attack the king's kids." - Stanley Vickers

 Stanley Vickers - Integrating Chapel Hill Junior High School (clip)

 Stanley Vickers - On his childhood, family, and school integration

“I got the sense that it was more than just a job to them [teachers]. I really got the sense from my teachers that they cared about me.” - Stanley Vickers Stanley Vickers has been a member of the Chapel Hill community for a long time. He grew up in Carrboro and attended both Lincoln High School and…

 Stanley Vickers - On his participation in the Civil Rights Movement (clip)

 Stanley Vickers - On not being prepared to integrate (clip)

 Stanley Vickers - On protesting and the coverage of the Civil Rights Movement (clip)

Staunton Memorial CME Church

Staunton Memorial CME Church is located at 230 Credle Street in Pittsboro, NC.

Stella Farrar

 Stella Farrar - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill

Audio recordings of interviews conducted by Yonni Chapman with participants in the African American freedom struggle and the civil rights movement in and around Chapel Hill, N.C.

Stella Nickerson

"You really didn't have to worry about whether or not somebody was going to be around or—it wasn't something you thought about. You always had your neighbors next door, or across the street. That's who looked out for you." - Stella Nickerson

 Stella Nickerson - On her childhood, family, and school integration

This interview is part of an oral history project called Southern Communities: Listening for a Change: Mighty Tigers--Oral HIstories of Chapel Hill's Lincoln High School. The interviewes were conducted from 2000-2001, by Bob Gilgor, with former teachers, staff, and students from Chapel Hill, N.C.'s…

Stephanie Barnes-Simms

Stephanie Barnes-Simms grew up in Baltimore, but her North Carolina heritage runs deep. Daughter of a school teacher and a police officer, Barnes-Simms felt the call to work in community development and moved back to the state for the second time in the early 2000s.

 Stephanie Barnes-Simms - On growing up in Baltimore during the 1960s, family, and education

At the time of the interview, Stephanie Barnes-Simms worked at Self-Help Credit Union. Simms grew up in Baltimore and has lived in NC twice. Her father is from Asheville, NC. Her mother is one of six children. Her maternal grandfather was from High Point, NC and her maternal grandmother lived in…

Stephanie Soulama

 Stephanie Soulama - Speaking about her hair braiding business

This interview was done as part of the Facing Our Neighbors project. Stephanie Soulama is the owner of Stephanie’s Braiding Shop in Carrboro, NC. Stephanie is from Ivory Coast and speaks French. She recounts that she was a beautician in Ivory Coast. She later moved to Italy, and then Chapel Hill to…

 Still Walking for Justice

 Student leaders of United with the Northside Community Now (UNC NOW—a precursor to the Jackson Center) pose with Northside youth leaders at the first May Day Festival, 2009.

Student Projects

Since its beginnings, the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History has been dedicated to bringing local Black history, told by the people who have lived it, to the next generations of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County. Over the years, the life histories of neighbors have…

 Students and townspeople line the intersection in front of the Chapel Hill Town Hall

Students and townspeople line the intersection in front of the Chapel Hill Town Hall to watch as arrested demonstrators are brought to the jail.

 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…

 Sustaining OurSelves panel