Doris Bynum
Doris Bynum grew up in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Her family farmed peanuts and sweet potatoes, and since a young age she’s known what it means to work hard. She first learned to drive on her daddy’s tractor, and as a child she and her friends would spend evenings playing in the creek that cut through the property. She later went to nursing school and ultimately became social worker for Orange and Person Counties. She and her husband DeLeon moved to Northside in 1969.
Doris and DeLeon Bynum - On the importance of community
This interview was conducted for the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s Facing Our Neighbors Initiative. The interview focuses almost entirely on the importance of community in the lives of the Bynums. Topics Include: Growing up in area, Mr. Bynum’s experience in the fire department, Lincoln High, farming for both of them, their marriage, changes in their neighborhood in Carrboro, building their home, First Baptist Church, comradery in fire department, importance of community, racial issues in Carrboro, church’s role in community, vision for Chapel Hill, best and worst neighbors of their lives, Civil Rights and protests, church politics, common friends.
