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The historically Black neighborhoods of Chapel Hill and Carrboro have a long and storied musical legacy. Music has played a tremendous role in practices of faith in the area going back to the 19th century and before. In a 2007 oral history, Mrs. Brenda Jackson pointed to the historical roots of…

Sandi Abbo moved around North Carolina in her early years before her family settled down in Chapel Hill, N.C. She lived in Pine Knolls and Tin Top with her mother and four sisters, attending school in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro district during the tumultuous time of desegregation. She went on to…