Home > Items Browse Items (2129 total) Sort by: Title Subject Date Added Mama Dip's Catering at A Tasteful Affair Mama Dip's Kitchen participated in the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill's event, A Tasteful Affair. Mildred "Mama Dip" Council served food from her restaurant during the tasting event. Photos courtesy of Anita Spring Council Mama Dip's Catering at A Tasteful Affair Mama Dip's Kitchen Menus Through the Years Opening in 1976, Mama Dip's Kitchen is a Chapel Hill institution. Scroll through to see different versions of the menu through the years. Photos courtesy of Anita Spring Council Mama Dip's Kitchen Menus Through the Years A.D. Clark Pool A.D. Clark Pool opened at the Roberson Street Center (now Hargraves Center) in June 1961. Prior to the opening of the pool, young people in the Black community swam in local creeks (including one by the railroad trestle near the public works building) and swimming holes like the 88 and the Catfish… A.D. Clark Pool Mama Dip's Kitchen Mama Dip's Kitchen is a full service restaurant serving traditional southern food since 1976. The restaurant was founded my Mildred "Mama Dip" Council who had previously cooked at Bill's Bar-B-Que, which was owned by her husband's family. She trained all of her children in all aspects of operating… Mama Dip's Kitchen Trailways Bus Station The Trailways bus station at 311 W. Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, NC, 1947. Trailways Bus Station Program from a memorial service for Orange County Training School and Lincoln High School alumni This is a scan of the program for the 1995 memorial service for O.C.T.S. and Lincoln High alumni. Item courtesy of Mrs. Pat Jackson Program from a memorial service for Orange County Training School and Lincoln High School alumni Mrs. Marian Cheek Jackson's College Diploma This is a scan of Mrs. Marian Cheek Jackson's diploma from St. Augustine's College in 1946. Mrs. Marian Cheek Jackson's College Diploma Lincoln High School Alma Mater This is the lyrics to the Lincoln High School alma mater, set to the tune of Finlandia Hymn. Scan courtesy of Mrs. Pat Jackson Lincoln High School Alma Mater Walt's Grill The building that houses Ms. Molly's Gift Shop and Walt's Grill has been owned by the Riggsbee family since 1944. At various points in time, it has been home to the Church of God of Prophecy and Lizzy Mae's Southern Kitchen. In the late 1990s, the restaurant became Walt's Grill, run by Bobby… Walt's Grill Ms. Molly's Gift Shop The building that houses Ms. Molly's Gift Shop and Walt's Grill has been owned by the Riggsbee family since 1944. At various points in time, it has been home to the Church of God of Prophecy and Lizzy Mae's Southern Kitchen. In the late 1990s, the restaurant became Walt's Grill with Ms. Molly's… Ms. Molly's Gift Shop Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem State University is a historically Black public university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded as Slater Industrial Academy in 1892, it was renamed Winston-Salem Teachers College in 1925. The addition of a school of nursing in 1963 led it to be renamed Winston-Salem State College… Winston-Salem State University Windy Hill "I was born in Chapel Hill, I was born on Hillsborough Street, which most blacks referred as Windy Hill. And...to enter Windy Hill, you had to go through the white community. And to exit Windy Hill you had to go through the white community. And it was just a segment of black homeowners that lived on… Windy Hill 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 E. Smith Masonry Watts Restaurant and Watts Motel "We may have had a few incidents, and I remember at the Watts Motel, they would throw acid and pee out the window, embarrassing. But they just didn’t want us to integrate, that was the biggest problem." - Carol Brooks "They was picketing that place because they wouldn t let Blacks go in there and… Watts Restaurant and Watts Motel Villa Teo "I started working part time at the last restaurant that the Danzigers had, called the Villa Teo. The Villa Teo is down on what we call Stroud Hill...And the Villa Teo was a beautiful place...it was the type of place where you would want to take your girl on a nice date." - David Mason Originally… Villa Teo Varsity Theatre "My dad, when we was growing up he worked at the Varsity Theatre as a janitor, and that gave us the opportunity to go and see some of the movies. As you know, back in the early '50s and the '60s and maybe up into the '70s, you know, you were not, African Americans was not allowed to go to the… Varsity Theatre University of North Carolina at Greensboro Initially established as a women's college, the State Normal and Industrial School opened in 1892. In 1919 it was renamed the North Carolina College for Women and in 1932 it was renamed the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina. Men were first admitted in 1963, when it became the… University of North Carolina at Greensboro Pastors of Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church Pastors of Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church History of Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church History of Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church Kennon Cheek/Rebecca Clark Building The Kennon Cheek/Rebecca Clark building was built in the 1920s to house the university laundry. It was renamed in 1998 to honor Kennon Cheek, a former janitor in Venable Hall and first president of the university janitor's association, and Rebecca Clark, who worked as a housekeeper at the Carolina… Kennon Cheek/Rebecca Clark Building University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "There would not be a University if there had not been the Blacks in this community to help build the University." - Kathy Atwater The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was chartered in 1789 and began enrolling students in 1795. Through the mid-19th century, enslaved Black people on lease… University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Trailways Bus Station "Me and my Mom used to go to the Trailways bus station to catch the bus to Durham ~ they had black, well it was "colored" back then, on one side and "white" on the other, and we had our place on the bus, we had our water fountains for coloreds and our bathrooms for coloreds, and we figured that's… Trailways Bus Station Tin Top "If you come across the railroad track, you’re going to run into Brewer Lane. And when you get there from Brewer Lane, and you come on around the curve, right there is Hargraves Street. That was Tin Top. That little area was up there, Tin Top." - Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee The Tin Top neighborhood… Tin Top Tin Can "Sometimes the [Lincoln High School basketball] coaches would take the boys to a gym down on UNC campus to play...the Tin Can. They would take them down to practice. They never played a game there. All the games were played over here in our auditorium." - Mary Norwood Jones The Tin Can on the UNC… Tin Can Previous Page ... 7 8 9 10 11 ... Next Page
