Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On Lincoln High mascot (clip)
Interviewed by Kathryn Wall on November 3, 2021
Kathryn Wall (KW): Now this is just a minor question, just to answer a curiosity of mine, I know Lincoln's mascot was the tigers, and I know that Chapel Hill High School’s mascot now is the tigers, but was that always the case?
Pat Jackson (PJ): Coming from Lincoln going to Chapel Hill High School, again, making sure our voice was heard, making sure our legacy was carried on, to be the leading force in the community and in the state, and when you had to change over with the statistics, and again remember you're working with people that we know they’re racist, we know there’s systemic racism, but how can you challenge what the statistics show within this state as far as winning and where they were, you know, in that arena of sports pretty much. So it was for us, it was a no brainer, how can you not carry the mascot to where it should be for all, if you're wanting to be inclusive.
KW: Do you know what Chapel Hill’s mascot was before?
PJ: No, I don't, my cousin Herman Merrell Foushee was a high school student and I would have to ask him what that mascot was prior, when it was on Franklin Street, because he would certainly know as he was a high school student there.
