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Polly McCauley - On growing up in Chapel Hill and her educational experiences

Interviewed by Bob Gilgor on February 18, 2001

This interview is part of an oral history project called Southern Communities: Listening for a Change: Mighty Tigers--Oral HIstories of Chapel Hill's Lincoln High School. The interviewes were conducted from 2000-2001, by Bob Gilgor, with former teachers, staff, and students from Chapel Hill, N.C.'s Lincoln High School, the historically black secondary school that closed in 1962 when a school desegregation plan was implemented. Interviewees discuss African American life and race relations in Chapel Hill, as well as education, discipline, extracurricular activities, and high school social life before and after integration.

Tags: Armed Forces, Basketball, Charles McDougle, church, Coach Kornegay, Durham, Hampton University, Hargraves Community Center, HBCU, janitor, labor, Lincoln High School, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Mutual, Northside Elementary School, Orange County Training School, porter, Sports; Athletics

Oral history interview of McCauley, Polly conducted by Gilgor, Bob on February 18, 2001 at Chapel Hill Public Library, Chapel Hill, NC.

Citation: Southern Oral History Program, “Polly McCauley - On growing up in Chapel Hill and her educational experiences,” From the Rock Wall, accessed December 3, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/polly-mccauley-on-growing-up-in-chapel-hill-and-her-educational-experiences.

Rights: Researcher must obtain written permission of interviewee, interviewer, director of the Southern Oral History Program, or director of the Chapel Hill Museum for publication.

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