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Doris Bynum

Doris Bynum grew up in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Her family farmed peanuts and sweet potatoes, and since a young age she’s known what it means to work hard. She first learned to drive on her daddy’s tractor, and as a child she and her friends would spend evenings playing in the creek that cut…

 Doris and DeLeon Bynum - On the importance of community

This interview was conducted for the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s Facing Our Neighbors Initiative. The interview focuses almost entirely on the importance of community in the lives of the Bynums. Topics Include: Growing up in area, Mr. Bynum’s experience in the fire department, Lincoln High,…

 Doris and DeLeon Bynum

 Deloris Bynum - On work with Ipas (clip)

Deloris Bynum

Deloris Bynum, the oldest of seven siblings, grew up in Chapel Hill and has been here all her life. Her mother worked in the infirmary as a nurse’s aide, and her father was a chef. In high school, Bynum was a member of the cheerleading squad, and she eventually married her high school sweetheart who…

 Deloris Bynum

This portrait of Deloris Bynum was taken at the Northside Festival on April 28, 2018.

 Deloris Bynum - On school integration, church, and work

In this interview Deloris Bynum recounts being in the 8th grade when black students were integrated into Chapel Hill High School. Bynum says that she loved to teach children. She worked as a Nurse’s Aide in Assisted Living homes and loved older people. Bynum was an usher for the St. Joseph’s CME…

DeLeon Bynum

DeLeon Bynum grew up on a farm about 4 miles west of Carrboro where he and his family grew tobacco, corn, and cotton. He started plowing when he was just seven years old. As a child, he attended Orange County Training School and later was a member of the first class of Lincoln High School. He became…

 Katie Byerly, Hannah Friedman, and Carolina Phillips - On Sustaining OurSelves and being student renters in Northside

“Something I’ve been thinking about lately is that I think of myself as a student that’s here for four years. I think of my contributions, both negative and positive to this area and people who live here, as a temporary thing. I think that’s really problematic, because I’m a temporary student, but…

Catharyne Butler

 Joseph "Buck" Burnette - 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.

Joseph "Buck" Burnette

 Allen Buansi - Why elections matter for schools (clip)

 Allen Buansi - On addressing the NC teacher shortage (clip)

 Allen Buansi - On criminal justice reform (clip)

 Allen Buansi - On working across the aisle (clip)

 Allen Buansi - On New Hampshire vs. North Carolina (clip)

 Allen Buansi - On differing viewpoints in college (clip)

 Allen Buansi - On getting into college (clip)

 Allen Buansi - On his environmental justice work (clip)

 Allen Buansi - How his mother inspired him (clip)

 Allen Buansi - On mentoring students (clip)

 Allen Buansi - On instilling a sense of belonging (clip)

 Allen Buansi - On raising his children (clip)