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 William “Smitty” Smith - Self Taught (clip)

William Smith: After I married, I decided to go into business for myself, and we did that and then we began to try to do that. I only did bricks. After then, I was approached on a job at the Carolina Inn by my boss and he asked if you could lay rocks, and I only had one answer and that was “yes.”…

William Carter

"And so, we started to talk—singing, organizing a little bit, marching a little bit, and then that’s when we started forming this executive committee." - William Carter

 William Carter

 William Carter

 William Carter - Never saw him again (clip)

 William Carter - On apartments (clip)

 William Carter - On band (clip)

 William Carter - On French (clip)

 William Carter - On his family tree (clip)

 William Carter - On Lincoln High (clip)

 William Carter - On offense and defense (clip)

 William Carter - On school integration and the Civil Rights Movement

"We’re the Southern part of heaven, but that’s only for white folk. That’s not for the blacks." - William Carter William Carter discusses the movement and his background. He was born in the Bronx, New York in 1949 and discusses his heritage with a grandma being a Lumbee Native American and father…

 William Carter - On sit-ins (clip)

 William Carter - On the boycott (clip)

 William Carter - Rally (clip)

 William Carter Comment

William Cureton

 William Cureton

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

 William Cureton - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill (Interview One)

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.

 William Cureton - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill (Interview Two)

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.

 William E. "Smitty" Smith

William E. Smith Masonry

"When you start, you’re always dealing with brick. But with bricks come long blocks, and then later on, then come rocks. You know, so I was not trained to be a rock mason. 1971 or 1972, I did my first rock repair on Pittsboro Street at the Carolina Inn. And we have just gone from there.... I knew…

 William Gattis

William Smith

"I’m not a book person […] I like to build things, and then brag about it." - William Smith