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 The Saving OurSelves Program

The Ramshead Rathskeller

"The Danzigers had four restaurants: the Ranch House, the Rathskeller, the Zoom Zoom, and the Villa Teo...The Rathskeller was the first place in North Carolina, I believe — I know in Chapel Hill—that had pizza...Very first place. The Rathskeller employed a lot of Black people." -David Mason, Jr. The…

The Porches of Northside

The front porch.  The space between inside and outside, private and public worlds.  A place for friends and family to gather and to renew the essential connections that make up community.  A place to sit and watch out; a place from which to receive the waves of passing neighbors and strangers as…

The Pines Restaurant

"As a kid I worked for The Pines down there, where they didn't let no Blacks come in there and eat, and my mommy and my daddy worked back there in the back. By the time I was a senior in high school, you had broken the rule where they could, Blacks could come there and eat." - Thurman Couch Located…

The Patio

"There's another fellow who came home from World War II and moved back here by 1954. He built a place back here on Merritt Mill Road -- it's no longer there -- called The Patio. He was trying to make it go and all...And in the summer, too, there was a lot of people in Chapel Hill that had nieces and…

The Lenoir Strike:  A Story of Food and Fearlessness

The UNC Food Workers Strike, or what is commonly known as the Lenoir Strike, of 1969 catalyzed concern about the working conditions of cafeteria workers at UNC, many of whom were Northside residents. Led by Mary Smith and Elizabeth Brooks, the nearly year-long strike put gender and race at the…

The Freedom Movement

Spurred by the lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro and by the actions of high school students determined to gain fair and open access to places that served the public, the Freedom Movement in Chapel Hill was supposed to break the way for cities and towns across the South. But, as James Foushee says,…

The Christian Index - Volume 120, No. 5

The Christian Index is the official publication of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. This edition from March 1, 1987 includes the inaugural address of Dr. Alex A. Chambers, the new president of Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee. Dr. Chambers served as pastor at St. Joseph CME Church from…

 The Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen debate the proposed public accommodations ordinance

The Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen, led by Mayor Sandy McClamrock (in center, with white hair), debate the proposed public accommodations ordinance. Despite the march, the vote failed.

 The 1999 Annual Conference of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

This is a photo from the 1999 Annual Conference of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Front row (from left to right): Reverend Jenkins, Mrs. Jenkins, Rev. Flounoy, Daughter of Rev. Flounoy, Ocie H. Hoyt (Women Presiding Elder in a Mississippi district) Second row…

 Thanksgiving Day with the Hoyt Family

Bishop Hoyt and his family spent Thanksgiving day in 1999 at the home of his former secretary, Mrs. Hogan. From left to right: Thomas L. Hoyt, III, Doria, Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt, Jr., Harold (son-in-law), Mrs. Hogan (sitting in the background) Photo courtesy of Patricia "Pat" Jackson and St. Joseph…

 Terry Carver

Terry Carver

"We all gathered on Sundays; you couldn't do anything but visit family. There was no such thing as stores and stuff open you know, so pretty much you visited family on those days. You'd have the cousins and everybody around you, grandparents and you just kind of listened and heard what they talked…

 Terrence M. Foushee - On education

“Servant leadership is, to me, learning who you are to find out what you can contribute to make your community better.” - Terrence M. Foushee Terrence Foushee is the Blue Ribbon Specialist for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. During the interview, he reflects on his experiences navigating Chapel…

Terrence M. Foushee

 Terrence Foushee - Sharing his appreciation (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): Is there anything you’d like to add before we wrap up? Terrence Foushee (TF): One, I definitely appreciated this conversation because there are so many things that I got to think about and I really just want to show appreciation for a lot of the teachers, a lot of the Black women…

 Terrence Foushee - On the poetry club (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): …The moment in young people's lives when being able to express what you are feeling, is really important, at that age. Terrence Foushee (TF): Yes, and I think that is part of the reason I ended up becoming an English teacher, again, because it didn't originally come from an…

 Terrence Foushee - On the history of the Blue Ribbon Program (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): Can you tell me about the Blue Ribbon Program and how it came to be and what all it entails? Terrence Foushee (TF): I think that the Blue Ribbon Mentor Advocacy Program started in ‘95 with the main goal of closing the achievement gap. The program is an opportunity access program…

 Terrence Foushee - On the E3 camp (clip)

Terrence Foushee (TF): …because last week I had a chance to be a chaperone for the E3 camp run by Ms. Anissa McLendon. And she is giving middle school and high school Black youth a wonderful opportunity to explore and learn about science, and they go on field trips all the time, but she don’t play…

 Terrence Foushee - On the achievement gap (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): You mentioned the achievement gap. Was that something that you –. Terrence Foushee (TF): Oh, yes. KW: – that you got her involved. Was that a thing that she was concerned about? TF: Yes, yes. The - the achievement gap, and I don’t know the particulars of the story - but I know…

 Terrence Foushee - On teaching English (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): Do you remember, all those English teachers that had an impact, what was it about English that kind of captured your imagination, what did they do that sparked that love of the language and literature? Terrence Foushee (TF): I think that's an interesting question, especially…

 Terrence Foushee - On teaching at Northwood (clip)

Terrence Foushee (TF): I taught at Northwood for about 8 and a half years. Kathryn Wall (KW): Did you go from that to a different school to teach English or to a different role? TF: I transitioned to the job that I’m in now, and that is the Blue Ribbon Specialist for the Blue Ribbon Mentor Advocate…

 Terrence Foushee - On servant leadership (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): You've talked a little bit about your passion for servant leadership. Could you just maybe describe how you would define that and then why that's a passion for you? Terrence Foushee (TF): Servant leadership is, to me, learning who you are to find out what you can contribute to…

 Terrence Foushee - On relationship building and service projects (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): What do you love about this role? Terrence Foushee (TF): I love a lot of things about this role. One, I get to experience what I might consider like life-changing moments with them. And in the classroom I loved, I used to love seeing their “Aha!” moments. But in this role, it…