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Zora Rashkis

 Yvonne Cleveland

Yvonne Cleveland

Yvonne Cleveland is the Director of Operations at the Jackson Center. She relocated from Brooklyn, NY to Chapel Hill, NC in 1989. She is a dedicated member of St. Joseph C.M.E.—where she teaches Sunday School and is an active member of the Voices of Joy choir. Yvonne believes the Jackson Center…

 Youth with Jarrett Dawson

 Youth Cypher

 Young student marchers, both Black and white, point accusingly at segregated businesses in Chapel Hill.

W. Leon Cotton is the young boy wearing a sweater vest, pointing his right hand. Linda McCauley Atwater is on the far right, wearing a striped skirt and short sleeve blouse pointing with her right hand.

 Young student marchers point accusingly at segregated businesses in Chapel Hill.

Young student marchers, both black and white, point accusingly at segregated businesses in Chapel Hill.

 Young musicians at St. Paul AME Church

 Young Arminta Foushee at St. Paul AME Church

Ms. Arminta Foushee as a child stands in St. Paul AME Church. The photo was taken in 1966. Photo courtesy of Arminta Foushee

 Yonni Chapman's family at the dedication of the library

Work and Labor

Working at the University has been a source of pride and resentment for Northside neighbors who built the early dorms, hospital, South Building, laid the brick walkways, hauled washing water from the “old well” to students in Old East, did copious amounts of laundry 7 days/week for $14 (which could…

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…

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…

 Willistine McClain - On her childhood, parents, food, and farming

Willistine McClain begins the interview by sharing her childhood background of living in Darlington, SC with 12 siblings. She also includes her battle with cancer and having to attend UNC Hospitals for treatment. Willistine describes her parents’ relationship; her father was in his 20s and her…

 Willistine McClain - Holiday Memories (clip)

Willistine McClain remembers her mother's holiday fruitcakes.To hear more from Willistine McClain, listen to her full oral history "Williestine McLean - On her childhood, parents, food, and farming."

Willistine McClain

 Willis Fearrington Leads Vigil

 Willis Farrington and Regina Merritt

 Willis Farrington and Jim Wallace

 Willis Farrington - On the changes at Hargraves Community Center (clip)

 Willis Farrington - On renaming Hargraves Community Center (clip)

 Willis Farrington - On Mr. White Bynum building A.D. Clark Pool (clip)

 Willis Farrington - On his prison ministry (clip)

 Willis Farrington - On Hargraves being a home away from home (clip)