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Charles Alston

Lewis Atwater

 Valerie Foushee - On how the first students integrated Chapel Hill schools (clip)

TB: So when you went to Frank Porter Graham then, at that point was your decision to go there that at that point that it was the closest, and so it was this sort of idea of a neighborhood school— VF: It wasn’t a decision. TB: Ok, so they districted— VF: We were still segregated— TB: --still that…

Fannie Snipes

 Reverend Troy Harrison - Faith Built This Community (clip)

Listen to Rev. Troy Harrison, former pastor of St. Joseph CME Church, speak about how faith sustained the Black communities of southern Orange County.

 James Atwater - On the importance of Black teachers (clip)

Listen to James Atwater speak about the importance and impact of Black educators and his teacher Mrs. Turner. Mr. Atwater is an alumni of Lincoln High School, the Black high school prior to desegregation.

 Young musicians at St. Paul AME Church

 Christian Foushee-Green at St. Paul AME Church

 Arminta Foushee and Christian Foushee-Green

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

 T.P. Duhart Board Christmas Gala

Minnie James, Helen Redd, and Grace Franklin celebrate together. Ms. Franklin hosted the T.P. Duhart Board Christmas Gala at her home on Lindsey Street.

 T.P. Duhart Board Christmas Party

The T.P. Duhart Board gathered to celebrate Christmas together at Ms. Grace Franklin's house on Lindsey Street. From left to right: Ms. Coble, Ms. Drucilla Suggs, Ms. Doris Cotton, Ms. Maude Oldham, Ms. Louise Hargraves, Ms. Pearl Caldwell, Ms. Helen Redd, Ms. Grace Franklin, Ms. Coy Hargraves, and…

 Jacob James and his taxi company, Tar Heel Taxi No. 1

Photos courtesy of Arminta Foushee

Faith

Faith has always been a critical part of the life of Chapel Hill/Carrboro’s Black community. Prior to emancipation, enslaved people people worshiped in segregated sections of Chapel of the Cross, University Baptist Church, and other churches run by white residents. But Black church-goers quickly…

Dianne Peerman Pledger

Eugene C. Hines, Jr.

Lorie Clark

Veronita Hargraves

Cynthia Edwards-Paschall

Judy Hines

Keely Hargraves

Kelven Hargraves

Kalee McClain

Ashanti McClain