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Lincoln High School
“What we had students don’t get now as easily. There’s something missing now for many of the kids…when I attended Lincoln there were Black role models around me everywhere…there were Black people around you, which you always had a sense of family, and a sense of community, a sense of safety, and a sense of security, which our students don’t have at the present time.”
- Charlene Smith
Knowledge is power. Since Reconstruction and the establishment of the first Freedmen’s School on the western edge of Chapel Hill (where Crook’s Corner is now) in the mid-1800s, the Black community has invested in the education of its youth. Parents, teachers, and church members locked arms to support, monitor, and mentor each child. In 1930, after Chapel Hill took control of the Orange County Training School and reduced funding to the minimum six months required by law, Northside residents taxed themselves to provide for a full academic year. In 1949, students successfully rallied to throw off the stigma of a “training” school and to rename O.C.T.S. Lincoln. In 1951, when almost half of all of the high school students in Chapel Hill were Black, Lincoln got a new building on Merritt Mill Road. High-performing and competitive across the board, the new high school became the pride of Northside.Tags: Lincoln High Alumni Association, Lincoln High School
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Annie Hargett - On her career, father, and growing up in Chapel Hill
Annie Burnett Hargett is a Northside “legacy seller.” She was born in Chatham County, where the family owned a large piece of land but moved to Chapel Hill to find work at the university. She remembers growing up poor, but lacking nothing. She talks about black businesses, Northside school and…
Annie Hargett - On her career, father, and growing up in Chapel Hill
Betty King - On growing up in Chapel Hill, family, and Lincoln High School
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…
Betty King - On growing up in Chapel Hill, family, and Lincoln High School
Burnice Hackney - On family, school integration, and inequality in Chapel Hill
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…
Burnice Hackney - On family, school integration, and inequality in Chapel Hill
Carol Brooks and Keith Edwards - On the Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill
The interviewees provide an overview of the Chapel Hill Civil Rights Movement. They specifically note the emotion of CRM marches of Chapel Hill, Raleigh, and Durham in 1963. They speak on Watt’s Hotel discrimination and Civil Rights leadership in the area, especially of the friendly Pottersfield…
Carol Brooks and Keith Edwards - On the Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill
Charlene Smith - On her childhood, parents, education, student behavior, school integration
“What we had students don’t get now as easily. There’s something missing now for many of the kids…when I attended Lincoln there were Black role models around me everywhere…there were Black people around you, which you always had a sense of family, and a sense of community, a sense of safety, and a…
Charlene Smith - On her childhood, parents, education, student behavior, school integration
Charles Alston and Lewis Atwater
“But the main thing I wanted you to recognize was that, that was our haven. The Black haven - Graham Street, Merritt Mill Road, and Roberson Street - because why? That’s where a lot of us lived on Roberson Street.”
“Right, right. That was the Black neighborhood.”
- Charles Alston and Lewis…
Charles Alston and Lewis Atwater
Clarke Egerton - On his education, band, and teachers
"It was a chance for the students to say “look mom what I can do” and it gave them so much pride to be in a marching band, and everybody was just delightful. We all stepped together, we played music together, and it’s just a wonderful feeling. I just get goosebumps thinking about it right now.
-…
Clarke Egerton - On his education, band, and teachers
Clementine Self - On her childhood, civil rights, education, and school integration
“I was going for my education, I was really going to make a statement that I’ve integrated this school–or desegregated, it was never integrated–desegregated the school. That was my goal.”
- Clementine Self
Clementine Self is a former student of Lincoln High School in Chapel Hill, NC. She discusses…
Clementine Self - On her childhood, civil rights, education, and school integration
Clementine Self - on Lincoln High vs. Chapel Hill High (clip)
Clementine Self - on Lincoln High vs. Chapel Hill High (clip)
Clyde Perry - On his childhood, family, education, and integration
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…
Clyde Perry - On his childhood, family, education, and integration
David Kirkman - On his childhood, school integration, and career as a lawyer
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David Kirkman - On his childhood, school integration, and career as a lawyer
David Mason, Jr. - on attitudes in Chapel Hill (clip)
David Mason, Jr. - on attitudes in Chapel Hill (clip)
David Mason, Jr. - On Black communities in Chapel Hill
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David Mason, Jr. - On Black communities in Chapel Hill
David Mason, Jr. - On Lincoln High School, school desegregation, and Northside
David Mason, Jr. a lifetime resident of Chapel Hill, is one of the leaders of the Lincoln High Alumni Association, an active member of St. Joseph CME, and a community historian. This interview, conducted as part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History’s local Life Histories…
David Mason, Jr. - On Lincoln High School, school desegregation, and Northside
David Mason, Jr. - on teachers at Lincoln High (clip)
David Mason, Jr. - on teachers at Lincoln High (clip)
Delaine Norwood - On her childhood, family, and education
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…
Delaine Norwood - On her childhood, family, and education
Dennis Farrington - On his family, education, and work experiences
Dennis Farrington spent the first part of his life in the Northside area of Chapel Hill before moving to a home off of NC Hwy 54, and he has deep roots in Chatham County, North Carolina. He attended Chapel Hill High School after it was newly integrated. He spent most of his working career at UNC…
Dennis Farrington - On his family, education, and work experiences
Diane Pledger - On her education and school experiences
“Education is the key to having more and representing your people and making it to the next level. So, in the whole realm of education, we had to make sure that within the school system, we were getting ours. That we were afforded the opportunity to get ours.”
- Diane Pledger
Diane Pledger recalls…
Diane Pledger - On her education and school experiences
Dolores Clark - On the history of Black builders in her family
This interview is part of a series on Black builders in Orange County. Dolores Clark, a long-term resident of Chapel Hill, explains how her family has a history of building several structures, including university buildings, homes, and churches in the Chapel Hill area. Clark describes how her…
Dolores Clark - On the history of Black builders in her family
Doug Clark, Sr. - On growing up in Chapel Hill and high school
Doug Clark, Sr., a musician, was born in Chapel Hill in 1936, where he lived in a close-knit Black neighborhood and attended Orange County Training School, which became Lincoln High School. He reflects on his family life and experiences growing up, such as seeing lines of Black children walk to…
Doug Clark, Sr. - On growing up in Chapel Hill and high school
Education
Knowledge is power. Since Reconstruction and the establishment of the first Freedmen’s School on the western edge of Chapel Hill (where Crook’s Corner is now) in the mid-1800s, the Black community has invested in the education of its youth. Parents, teachers, and church members locked arms to…
Education
Edwin Caldwell - On civil rights, education, and societal changes in Chapel Hill and Orange County
"I was for all kids, not just Black kids. My philosophy was if it's good enough for white kids, it ought to be good enough for Black kids."
- Edwin Caldwell, Jr.
Edwin Caldwell, Jr. talks about his time working at a biomedical lab and eventually becoming in charge of the lab after excelling in his…
Edwin Caldwell - On civil rights, education, and societal changes in Chapel Hill and Orange County
Edwin Caldwell - On the events leading up to school integration
“One of the most difficult times I had was looking [after] and protecting teachers. I felt like that was my job. Man, you know, teachers need to have some independence to be able to do what they need to do, and I let them know that I was going to protect them. That’s why teachers came to me when I…
Edwin Caldwell - On the events leading up to school integration
Elizabeth Carter - On growing up in Carrboro and school integration
“Because usually it ended up, truly, even though the schools were integrated, the classrooms were segregated, because whites were on one side and Blacks were on the other. Same typical thing, if you think about now, if you go into integrated situations, that people tend to migrate toward people that…
Elizabeth Carter - On growing up in Carrboro and school integration
Emma Fowler - On growing up in Chapel Hill and Northside
This interview provides into Fowler's life growing up in Chapel Hill, her church attendance, and her education at Northside Elementary School. She goes into the neighborhood and family dynamics as well. She shares that her father worked for UNC. She spends her leisure time playing music and learning…
Emma Fowler - On growing up in Chapel Hill and Northside
Esphur and Harold Foster - On her mother, education, and impact of the Civil Rights Movement
Esphur Foster has lived on Cotton Street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for 70 years. In this interview, Foster discusses the powerful life of her mother, Hattie Mae Foster, as well as growing up in Chapel Hill during a pivotal time in history. She also describes much about life before, during, and…
Esphur and Harold Foster - On her mother, education, and impact of the Civil Rights Movement
Euzelle and R.D. Smith - On Pottersfield and Smith Middle School
This interview was done as part of the “Histories of Homes” initiative of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History. The interview includes R.D.’s experience in WWII and his role in constructing their current home after the war. R.D. also held educator roles at Lincoln High…
Euzelle and R.D. Smith - On Pottersfield and Smith Middle School
Everett Goldston - On teaching before and after school integration
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…
Everett Goldston - On teaching before and after school integration
Frances Hargraves - On childhood, family, education, and teaching
"I remember my mother always told me, 'Whatever job you must do, be sure you give it your best.' She said if it’s sweeping the floor, washing dishes, anything, do it your best. And as I grew, that was her philosophy - always give it your best. And I still carry that philosophy."
- Frances…
Frances Hargraves - On childhood, family, education, and teaching
Francesina Jackson - On integrating Chapel Hill High School and challenges faced by Black students
“I think today, nationwide, particularly when you look at the education system, there is a growing interest in separate but equal, with an emphasis on equal.”
- Francesina Jackson
Francesina Jackson, Chapel Hill resident and retired teacher, discusses her experience integrating to Chapel Hill High…
Francesina Jackson - On integrating Chapel Hill High School and challenges faced by Black students
Francesina Jackson and Charlene Regester - On family, education, and school integration
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…
Francesina Jackson and Charlene Regester - On family, education, and school integration
Fred Battle - On his childhood, education, sit-ins, and school integration
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…
Fred Battle - On his childhood, education, sit-ins, and school integration
Fred Battle - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill
"I would always look as I would walk down the corridors of the hall in Lincoln, and I could still hear some of the teachers speaking now. Giving guidance, giving direction, giving praise, and all the motivation we would need to excel as students, excel as athletes."
- Fred Battle
Fred Battle was…
Fred Battle - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill
Gloria Regester Jeter - On school integration and racial discrimination
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…
Gloria Regester Jeter - On school integration and racial discrimination
Gloria Warren - On growing up in Carrboro and Chapel Hill, family, and education
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…
Gloria Warren - On growing up in Carrboro and Chapel Hill, family, and education
Hilliard Caldwell - Speaking about his childhood, family, and race
I was president of my student body at Lincoln High from 1955-56. That was the first time that I'd ever ran for an office where people voted for you based on what you stood for. Having experienced that in an all Black high school was the driving point in getting me to want to run for public office…
Hilliard Caldwell - Speaking about his childhood, family, and race
James Foushee - On perceptions of Chapel Hill vs. reality (clip)
James Foushee - On perceptions of Chapel Hill vs. reality (clip)
James Foushee - On the Civil Rights Movement, family, and Northside
Foushee speaks on growing up in Northside which includes his educational experiences, and his family overview. He goes into the dynamics of his relationship with his aunt. Furthermore, he talks about his relationship with his neighbor. He takes the listener through the beginning and organization of…
James Foushee - On the Civil Rights Movement, family, and Northside
Joanne Peerman - On her childhood, education, and school integration
This oral history 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 interviewees were conducted from 2000-2001, by Bob Gilgor, with former teachers, staff, and students from Chapel Hill,…
Joanne Peerman - On her childhood, education, and school integration
Keith Edwards - On growing up in Carrboro and the role of teachers
“The thing I remember the most coming up in the Black community, the Black community supported the schools, not only financially, but they also supported the schools by parents having involvement in the children’s schooling.”
- Keith Edwards
Keith Edwards was born in 1950 and grew up in Carrboro and…
Keith Edwards - On growing up in Carrboro and the role of teachers
Lincoln High Band
The Lincoln High Band earned an A rating in the State Festival in 1949.
Lincoln High Band
Lincoln High Football Team.
Lincoln High Football Team.
Lincoln High Marching Band.
Lincoln High Marching Band.
Lincoln High School Alma Mater
This is the lyrics to the Lincoln High School alma mater, set to the tune of Finlandia Hymn.
Scan courtesy of Mrs. Pat Jackson
Lincoln High School Alma Mater
Lincoln High Silhouette, composed by Julie Mao
Lincoln High Silhouette, composed by Julie Mao, inspired by an interview with David Mason Jr., held in the Jackson Center Oral History Trust
Lincoln High Silhouette, composed by Julie Mao
Mae McLendon - On motherhood and attending UNC
“I was a member of the Black Student Movement. It was like a year old when I got there so I was very active in that. I was the off-campus minister. We would go to the football games and not stand for the national anthem…as a form of protest.”
- Mae McLendonr
In this interview, Mae McLendon sits down…
Mae McLendon - On motherhood and attending UNC
Marian Cheek Jackson - On St. Joseph's Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and the effects of urban renewal
In this interview, Marian Cheek Jackson describes the origins of St. Joseph's Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and her start as church historian. Jackson discusses the role of her father, Kennon Cheek, and Russell Edwards in establishing the church, the impact of the Quaker church school and St.…
Marian Cheek Jackson - On St. Joseph's Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and the effects of urban renewal
Mary Manning - On her childhood, education, and segregation
“Church had a good influence on my life."
- Mary Manning
Mary Manning was born in Carrboro on Birch Street and moved to Chapel Hill. She reflects on her childhood and her life living in Carrboro and Chapel Hill. She mentions several memories of her growing up in Carrboro and Chapel Hill. She only…
Mary Manning - On her childhood, education, and segregation
Mary Norwood Jones - On growing up in Carrboro and her experiences at North Carolina Central University
Mary Norwood Jones is a Chapel Hill Native that attended Lincoln High School while it was still Orange County Training School. She discusses her childhood in the Chapel Hill area around the time of World War II and how the community was close knit. She then goes on to talk about the school and how…
Mary Norwood Jones - On growing up in Carrboro and her experiences at North Carolina Central University
Mary Norwood Jones - On her experiences at Orange County Training School
“First of all, I think that any person who comes to this community to teach in the school system should have a tour of Chapel Hill prior to teaching, so that they will know where the different neighborhoods are and what the neighborhoods are all about. They should know where the historical places…
Mary Norwood Jones - On her experiences at Orange County Training School
Mary Scroggs - On her time serving on the school board and integration
“We don’t have integration, we are desegregated, but aren’t integrated yet. I don’t know if we’ll ever be. We get closer, but it’s a slow process, but I felt very strongly that we needed to do that.”
- Mary Scroggs
Mary Scroggs grew up and attended high school in Nebraska and worked as a chemist for…
Mary Scroggs - On her time serving on the school board and integration
Nate Davis - On his childhood, education, and school integration
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…
Nate Davis - On his childhood, education, and school integration
Orange County Training School Football Team
Orange County Training School Football Team
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On her family, faith, community, and civil rights
Patricia Jackson grew up in Chapel Hill, NC and has been a member of St. Joseph CME Church for over forty years. She now works with Wake County Schools and is also a church secretary, a stewardess, and a community activist. This interview was done as part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center…
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On her family, faith, community, and civil rights
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On Lincoln High mascot (clip)
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,…
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On Lincoln High mascot (clip)
Paul Caldwell - On school memories, family achievements, and the importance of education
Paul Caldwell, a lifelong resident of the Northside neighborhood, recounts his and his family’s educational experiences growing up. His early school memories include receiving used textbooks from Chapel Hill High School, fond memories of his teachers, and being raised by the Northside community.…
Paul Caldwell - On school memories, family achievements, and the importance of education
Polly McCauley - On growing up in Chapel Hill and her educational experiences
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…
Polly McCauley - On growing up in Chapel Hill and her educational experiences
Program from a memorial service for Orange County Training School and Lincoln High School alumni
This is a scan of the program for the 1995 memorial service for O.C.T.S. and Lincoln High alumni.
Item courtesy of Mrs. Pat Jackson
Program from a memorial service for Orange County Training School and Lincoln High School alumni
R. D. Smith - About his childhood, career in education, and school integration
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…
R. D. Smith - About his childhood, career in education, and school integration
Raney Norwood - On childhood, education, and school integration
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…
Raney Norwood - On childhood, education, and school integration
Rebecca Clark - On her childhood, education, and school integration
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…
Rebecca Clark - On her childhood, education, and school integration
Robert Campbell - Speaking about community, faith, and activism
Min. Robert Campbell is a well-known local activist who was raised by his grandparents in the Northside neighborhood. He attended Northside and Lincoln and was in the first desegregated graduating class at Chapel Hill High School (Class of ’67). He moved to Rogers Road in the 1970s where he has been…
Robert Campbell - Speaking about community, faith, and activism
Robert Smith - On his childhood, education, and school integration
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…
Robert Smith - On his childhood, education, and school integration
Russell Edwards - Lincoln High and Chapel Hill High (clip)
Russell Edwards - Lincoln High and Chapel Hill High (clip)
Russell Edwards - On his family, faith, health, and upbringing
Russell Edwards grew up in Chapel Hill and has watched, as well as experienced, many situations that African-Americans dealt with both before, during, and after the civil rights movement took place. He resides in one of the historic African American communities of Chapel Hill and shares his opinions…
Russell Edwards - On his family, faith, health, and upbringing
Russell Edwards - On Northside, the Civil Rights Movement, and desegregation
Russell Edwards grew up in Chapel Hill and has watched, as well as experienced, many situations that African-Americans dealt with both before, during, and after the Civil Rights Movement took place. He resides in one of the historic African American communities of Chapel Hill and shares his opinions…
Russell Edwards - On Northside, the Civil Rights Movement, and desegregation
Sheila Florence - On her childhood, education, and school integration
“Lincoln High. That was the school back then. Everybody couldn’t wait to get to Lincoln High School.”
- Sheila Florence
Sheila Florence, a nurse lab technician, grew up in Chapel Hill during the 1950s and 60s. She reflects on her experiences growing up in the Northside district, attending Northside…
Sheila Florence - On her childhood, education, and school integration
Shirley Bradshaw - On her childhood, education, and school integration
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…
Shirley Bradshaw - On her childhood, education, and school integration
Shirley Davis - On her childhood, education, and school integration
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Shirley Davis - On her childhood, education, and school integration
Shirley Pendergraph Davis - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill (Interview Two)
“Well I would say that [Black women] stood by the men and we also stood up for our rights. We knew a change had to come.”
- Shirley Pendergraph Davis
Civil rights activist, Shirley Pendergraph Davis, comments on the role of Black women in the Civil Rights Movement in the early 1960s. Ms. Davis…
Shirley Pendergraph Davis - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill (Interview Two)
Stanley Vickers - On his childhood, family, and school integration
“I got the sense that it was more than just a job to them [teachers]. I really got the sense from my teachers that they cared about me.”
- Stanley Vickers
Stanley Vickers has been a member of the Chapel Hill community for a long time. He grew up in Carrboro and attended both Lincoln High School and…
Stanley Vickers - On his childhood, family, and school integration
Stella Nickerson - On her childhood, family, and school integration
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…
Stella Nickerson - On her childhood, family, and school integration
Sylvester Hackney - On growing up in Chapel Hill and school integration
“For me, high school was a good experience because I had my friends. We were in this big environment, and we had to stick together. We learned to love each other and care about each other. We didn’t know it, but we were nurturing each other.”
- Sylvester Hackney
Sylvester Hackney, a native of rural…
Sylvester Hackney - On growing up in Chapel Hill and school integration
Ted Stone - On his childhood, values, and school integration
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…
Ted Stone - On his childhood, values, and school integration
Thomas Bell - On growing up in Northside, involvement with the community, and the Civil Rights Movement
Thomas Bell, a long time Northside community member and employee at Hillsborough Prison, attended Lincoln High School immediately before the desegregation of Chapel Hill public schools. He reflects on growing up in the Northside (walking to high school football games in Carborro, playing at…
Thomas Bell - On growing up in Northside, involvement with the community, and the Civil Rights Movement
Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood - On growing up in Carrboro and playing music in bands
Thomas James “Bubba” Norwood was born in Durham in 1942 and grew up in Northside and Carrboro. At seventeen, he went on tour with the Ike and Tina Turner Revue and went on to play with bands including The Monkees and Albert King, before ultimately returning home to Carrboro. He reflects on growing…
Thomas James "Bubba" Norwood - On growing up in Carrboro and playing music in bands
Thurman Couch - On his childhood, family, and school integration
This interview with Thurman Couch covers growing up in Chapel Hill during high school in the 1950-60s. He attended Lincoln High School before it was shut down in 1962, and then he attended Chapel Hill High School. Couch reflects on his lifestyle, neighborhood, family, religion, school, football…
Thurman Couch - On his childhood, family, and school integration
Valerie P. Foushee - on her learning experiences during integration (clip)
Valerie P. Foushee - on her learning experiences during integration (clip)
Vivian Foushee - Speaking about growing up in Chapel Hill
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…
Vivian Foushee - Speaking about growing up in Chapel Hill
Walter Durham - On school integration, his childhood, and race
“[Lincoln] was a school that you could go in and… no paper on the school campus. Hallway shines like new money all the time. You could drink out of the commode in the bathroom. And it was kept just that clean.”
- Walter Durham
Walter Durham discusses growing up as part of a large family on his…
Walter Durham - On school integration, his childhood, and race
William Carter - On school integration and the Civil Rights Movement
William Carter discusses the movement and his background. He was born in the Bronx, New York in 1949 and discusses his heritage with a grandma being a Lumbee Native American and father being an African American. Carter moved back to North Carolina because his aunt was in poor health and he discusses…
William Carter - On school integration and the Civil Rights Movement
Willie "Brad" Bradshaw - On his childhood, education, and career coaching sports
“If you have good football teams, it permeates throughout the entire school and it helps the other things that you’re going to do come up to par, come up to snuff or whatever you want to call it. It cuts down on a lot of discipline problems. Kids want to do more in school, because they see the…
Willie "Brad" Bradshaw - On his childhood, education, and career coaching sports
Willis Farrington - On growing up in Northside, his ministry, and changes in Chapel Hill
This interview is part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s Life History Series. Reverend Willis Farrington, a leader of St. Joseph CME Church, was born in Chapel Hill and spent the entirety of his childhood running the streets of Northside and the Roberson Street Community Center. Reverend…
Willis Farrington - On growing up in Northside, his ministry, and changes in Chapel Hill
Willis Farrington - On growing up in Northside, local businesses, and Northside neighbors
This interview is part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s Life History Series. Minister Willis Farrington, an associate pastor at S. Joseph CME Church, grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He grew up going to St. Joseph CME all his life and has never been a member of another church. In 1975 he…
Willis Farrington - On growing up in Northside, local businesses, and Northside neighbors
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