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Charlene Smith - On operettas at Northside (clip)
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Janie Alston - On activities and events at Hargraves (clip)
Janie Alston: My name is Janie Alston. I’m a Hargraves and Billy Hargraves was my first cousin. I was raised in a house right there with my grandmother. My mother lived on the corner of Lindsay and Cotton. I like to say this, I was born in Harlem…
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Vivian Foushee - Speaking about growing up in Chapel Hill
"I didn’t know that there were ways that we had to behave and be and appear to be so that we would not be at risk, even in Chapel Hill. And I didn’t understand that for the longest time." - Vivian Foushee Vivian Foushee was born in Chapel Hill, where…
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We Shall Not Be Moved
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Facing Our Neighbors
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M&N Grill
"The M and N Grill...was owned by, my uncle Charlie and Robert Nicks, who were brothers in laws. I don’t know how they got along...The M and N Grill was the hangout for the Blacks in Chapel Hill. Especially on Saturday night after a big football…
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Dairy Bar
"Big John, who was known as the most racist drugstore guy, you know, you couldn't, he didn't allow blacks to come in there and do anything in his store. He had made it known that he was a racist, so when you walked down his street you had to look for…
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Freda Andrews- on the impact her teachers had on her life (clip)
Freda Andrews: The schools were, as I said, full of caring teachers and the reason I chose to be a teacher today or an educator was because of some of those teachers then that taught me and instilled in me that you want to be somebody. So, when you…
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The Community Review Board
What is the Community Review Board? The Community Review Board (CRB) is one of three community-first leadership teams guiding the work of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center. Along with the Community Compass Group, which makes strategic decisions on…
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Hilliard Caldwell - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill (Interview One)
“It was hard times, but it was good times. It was hard times, but it was fair times. It was hard times, but we appreciated what was there. We appreciated our parents, we appreciated the school structure, the community structure, the church structure.…
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Gracie Webb - On her family, growing up in Northside, and changes in Northside
“On Sundays everybody would come after church and come there and eat, the pastors and all [of them]. We weren’t the wealthiest, but we were always full.” - Gracie Webb Throughout Gracie Webb’s life she has seemingly always been in the Northside and…
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