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Rosemary Ezra - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill
“I guess I’d like to be remembered as someone who stood up for something she thought was right.” - Rosemary Ezra This interview is a part of a series conducted by Yonni Chapman that focuses on African American participants in the freedom struggle and…
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Sherdenia Thompson Dunn - On her education, missionary work, and segregation
“...It really became the motto of my life- to live like that. Not just for knowledge or education, but to have tools like that- qualities, virtues that can help people fight battles through life.” - Sherdenia Thompson Dunn Sherdenia Thompson Dunn was…
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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…
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Valerie P. Foushee - On getting into politics (clip)
Tracey Barrett (TB): How did you decide to sort of get into politics? I mean, you described a long career in the Police Department, and obviously you were working your way up in many ways, from where you started to where you ended up as an…
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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…
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Fran Jackson - On her childhood, education, and school integration
“I still feel that many predominantly white institutions are somewhat insensitive, particularly to African-American students…and I think the last institutions which will make changes are the major white institutions because they are benefitting from…
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Edwin Caldwell, Jr. - On his childhood and interactions between Black and white community members
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…
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Christian Foushee-Green - On the role of church and the future of Northside
Christian Jacobi Foushee-Green is the lead singer, songwriter, and keyboardist for the “Chit Nasty Band” which he created in 2011, one year after graduating from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Born on April 26 in 1988, Christian (or “Chit”…
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David Caldwell, Jr. - On his parents, civil rights, and law enforcement
In this interview, David Caldwell, Jr., begins by discussing past generations of Caldwells that came from Chatham County and lived first on Merritt Mill Road, then Durham, then Northside. His family moved to Rogers Road in 1963 when land became…
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Joseph Fearrington and Clementine Self - On home, community, World War II, and Civil Rights
The interview was conducted on the porch of Joe’s home, a wonderful venue for an interview about home and community, although maybe not ideal for sound quality. There was significant wind at times and the sound of the cars passing by on the street.…
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John Ray Davis - On his childhood, education, and school integration
This interview is part of a project conducted by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate and undergraduate students in a 2001 oral history course. Topics include Chapel Hill's efforts to end racial segregation in the public schools; the…
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Charles Rivers - On desegregation in Chapel Hill
This interview is part of a project conducted by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate and undergraduate students in a 2001 oral history course. Topics include Chapel Hill's efforts to end racial segregation in the public schools; the…
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Edwin Caldwell, Jr. - On serving on the school board, politics, and elections
This interview is part of a project conducted by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate and undergraduate students in a 2001 oral history course. Topics include Chapel Hill's efforts to end racial segregation in the public schools; the…
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David Caldwell - On the difficulties between the local government and Rogers-Eubank community concerning the landfill
This interview is part of an SOHP project called Rural South: Backways: Understanding Segregation in the Rural South. The interviews, 2014-, were conducted in the rural piedmont region and eastern North Carolina about the often hidden forces of…
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Albert Washington - On his business, church, and growing up in Northside
This interview is part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s Oral History Trust. Albert (Bruce) Washington, III grew up in Chatham County with his mother and in Northside with his father and extended family. He was an only child, but grew up in the…
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Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee - On his childhood, food memories, and working at UNC
Donny Hollywood Riggsbee, a bachelor, gemini, grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He remembers the last few decades in North Carolina, reflecting on the fond memories of his family and friends. He reflects on his time at UNC, working in housing…
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Cecilia Massey-Fike - On her family, faith, and community
Cecilia Massey-Fike is an important member of her community in Chapel Hill, NC taking particular prominence among her family and her church, Saint Joseph’s Methodist Episcopal Church. During her life in Chapel Hill she has worked as a certified…
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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…
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James Foushee - On the Civil Rights Movement, family, and Northside
"You can only know people if you’ve been in their shoes." - James Foushee 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.…
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Delaine Ingram and Antonio Vinson - On their businesses, gentrification, and changes in Chapel Hill
The first interview features Antonio Vinson as a narrator, and lasts about 19 minutes. A chef by trade, Antonio Vinson left Chapel Hill for 25 years before recently returning. Upon returning, he became a taxi dispatcher for Tar Heel Taxi, despite his…
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Robert Revels - On influential people in his life
Throughout this interview, Mr. Revels discusses the most influential people in his life as being the Danziggers, his mother and father, and his grandmother. He touches on a lot of lessons he’s learned from each of these individuals throughout the…
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Charlene B. Regester - On growing up in Chapel Hill and school integration
This interview is part of a project conducted by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate and undergraduate students in a 2001 oral history course. Topics include Chapel Hill's efforts to end racial segregation in the public schools; the…
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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…
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