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Cynthia Edwards-Paschall - On hanging out at Hargraves (clip)
Cynthia Edwards-Paschall (CEP): I look at this pool and I’m just thinking about...most of us were probably this high when this place was our second home and it was a safe place and I had no idea at the time that it was the only place I could come to…
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The Rock Wall
When you jumped off the rock wall in Northside, you felt like it was fifty feet high!” - David Caldwell, Jr. At the front edge of the Bradshaw/Patterson home at the corner of Cotton and McDade Streets is a low rock wall that Mr. Atlas Bradshaw and…
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Keith Edwards - On the importance of food
“Sundays were always a special day. That whole day was made into just like a holiday. - Keith Edwards This interview includes Keith Edwards’s viewpoint on the importance of food in the home and in the community. She recalls specific recipes in the…
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Joyce Long - On the connections between food, family, and memory
Having lived in New York City before moving to Chapel Hill, Joyce Long has seen firsthand the differences between Northern and Southern cooking. Her father owned a restaurant in Harlem, but she and her mother did most of the cooking in the home. Her…
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Work and Labor
Working at the University has been a source of pride and resentment for Northside neighbors who built the early dorms, hospital, South Building, laid the brick walkways, hauled washing water from the “old well” to students in Old East, did copious…
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Carol Brooks and Keith Edwards - On the Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill
"But they just didn’t want us to integrate, that was the biggest problem." - Carol Brooks 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…
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Keith Edwards - On the future of Northside and the impact of the Jackson Center
"After a while the only Blacks you will see in this community will be those going to the churches but not living here." - Keith Edwards Keith Edwards discusses the impact the Jackson Center and student organizations on the Northside community as well…
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St. Paul AME Church 134th Anniversary
For St. Paul AME Church's 134th anniversary in 1998, the church organized a walk from Chapel of the Cross to St. Paul AME Church called Faith on Franklin. In the photo Mrs. Minnie James seated, surrounded by the great grandchildren of Mrs. Fannie…
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Poem on Northside by Jasmine (Juice) Farmer
I never truly understood the meaning of community until I witnessed The Northside.I knew the power of a village and the power of prayer,But I had never been a part of a community more powerful, more stronger, & a place that seeped resilience more…
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Civil Rights Story Circle - On their experiences in Chapel Hill in the 1960s
Freedom fighters Euyvonne Cotton, James Foushee, William Carter, Linda Brown, Keith Edwards, and Marion Phillips gathered upstairs at St. Joseph C.M.E. to talk about their experiences as young people in the freedom movement in Chapel Hill 1960-1964.…
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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…
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Keith Edwards - On race in Chapel Hill compared to Carrboro
"The change comes when people are strong enough to stand up, and now you have to be very very strong, to stand up and say 'Hey, something is wrong here. This is not right.'" - Keith Edwards Keith Edwards was born in and grew up in Carrboro before…
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Lillie Edwards and Juanita Washington - On food and cooking
Lillie recounts on her first experiences with cooking bread as a young girl. She was the designated cook of the family. She also talks about her mother’s cooking style since her mother does not use standard recipes to cook. Juanita speaks about Mama…
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David Caldwell Jr. - "All About the Money" (clip)
Blanche Brown (BB): And how do you think that is like today? David Caldwell, Jr. (DC): I think it’s changed, more independent. More people that own businesses, their own identities, a lot of respect and a lot of courage–and that’s respect for…
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Keith Edwards - On housing and gentrification in Northside
"...you can have the biggest, beautiful house or the smallest house but if it don’t have the elements to make it a home, it’s just not a home. It’s just a house." - Keith Edwards Keith Edwards has lived at the same address on McDade St. in Northside…
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Paul Caldwell - On changes in education and his career
“Take one day at a time, don't plan on tomorrow or next week. God gives you one day at a time you take that one day and you thank him for it.” - Paul Caldwell This interview was conducted for a special edition of the Northside News on education. The…
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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…
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Learning Economic Vocabulary through Businesses in Our Community
Using case studies of local Black-owned businesses, students will learn key economic vocabulary terms and be able to explain how those terms apply to real world situations in their own community. NC Standard Course of Study: 2.E.1.1 Give examples of…
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In the spring of 2009, a student at UNC, Charlie McGeehan, worked day and night to set up our first oral history digital system in the office of the newly established Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History—a long name for a small…
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Janie Alston - On her family history (clip)
Alex Biggers (AB): I'm Alex Biggers, this is Hudson Vaughan. We're here with Janie Alston on Lindsey Street. It's April 20th, about like, 10 o'clock in the morning. Hudson Vaughan (HV): Awesome. We're just going to put this down, and then, let's just…
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Patricia Jackson - On St. Joseph CME Church from 1970-1974
"Well, it was always a place [the church] you could come to gain and find out the needs of the community." - Patricia "Pat" Jackson This interview is a part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s faith series. In this interview, Pat Jackson discusses…
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