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 Fred Battle - On conflict (clip)

 Fred Battle - On supervisors (clip)

 Fred Battle - On high school (clip)

 Fred Battle - Something to be proud of (clip)

 Fred Battle - On motivation (clip)

 Fred Battle - On horse and buggies (clip)

 Fred Battle - On working (clip)

 Fred Battle - On education (clip)

 Fred Battle - On community (clip)

 Fred Battle - On neighborhoods (clip)

 Fred Battle - On May Day (clip)

 Fred Battle - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill

"I would always look as I would walk down the corridors of the hall in Lincoln, and I could still hear some of the teachers speaking now. Giving guidance, giving direction, giving praise, and all the motivation we would need to excel as students, excel as athletes." - Fred Battle Fred Battle was…

 Fred Battle - On his childhood, education, sit-ins, 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…

Fred Battle

A pillar of the community, Fred Battle, known by many as "Butch" or "Toro," grew up in Northside and played on the state champion Lincoln High football team. Heavily involved in the local civil rights movement, he went on to direct the Hargraves Community Center, serve on the Chapel Hill Town…

 Alice Battle - On Lincoln High School and Black businesses in Chapel Hill

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…

 Alice Battle - On her experiences in Chapel Hill before 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…

Alice Battle

"There wasn't any question about whether you were going to school or not. There wasn't any question about whether you were going to excel in school. There wasn't any question about whether you were going to college. It was just where are you going to go to college? Where can we afford for you to go…

 Eva Barnett

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…

 Martha Barbee

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…

 Funeral Service Program for Mr. Israel Barbee

Mr. Israel Barbee's funeral took place on November 5, 1972 at St. Joseph CME Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Reverend Charles L. Helton officiated the service. Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

 Mr. Israel Barbee crowning Mrs. Elvira Farrar

Mr. Israel Barbee crowns Mrs. Elvira Farrington Farrar as part of a presentation in the pulpit of St. Joseph CME Church.Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph CME Church.

 Ezra Barbee - On masonry, his family, and creative endeavors

This interview is part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s Builders Series. Ezra Barbee, a stonemason and builder, was born in 1957 in Chapel Hill, where his family has worked in the construction and masonry trades for generations. He reflects on his introduction into the trades, and takes pride…