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Valerie P. Foushee - Speaking about her family, career, and race
"The fact that we have to talk about affordable housing … and how we want affordable housing but how difficult it is to acquire and maintain affordable housing in Chapel Hill, says whole a lot about how much we appreciate or how much we don’t…
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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…
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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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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,…
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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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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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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…
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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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Velma Perry - On her family history, political organizing, and working at the Carolina Inn
"I got involved with trying to get people to register to vote." - Velma Perry This interview with Velma Perry captures her time growing up in the Tin Top neighborhood of Chapel Hill. Velma Perry’s mother was one of Luther Hargrave’s and Della…
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Anita Spring Council and Annette “Neecy” Council - On Their Family History and Family Businesses
"Yeah our friends would be going to the ball games and going here and then we had to go to work. But then when it came down to going to McDonald’s or whatever we had the money to buy it and they didn’t, so that was the good part about it." - Annette…
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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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Janie Alston - On her childhood, civil rights, and the Hargraves family
"And you know, when we would have a parade, you know, because we were black...we were always in the back! But they always saved the best for last, and we were good!" - Janie Alston The interview includes the history of the Hargraves family: her…
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Freddie Mae Mitchell - On her family and food
Ms. Freddie Mae Mitchell grew up on Graham Street, and as the oldest daughter in her family, she helped her parents by cooking for the rest of the family. Her cousins owned a farm, and her family would get food from them. When she got married she…
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Alice Battle - On her experiences in Chapel Hill before 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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Joseph Fearrington and Clementine Self - On home, community, World War II, and Civil Rights
"Yeah, we the longest living on this street. We lived here longer than anybody." - Joseph Fearrington The interview begins with Mr. Fearrington's stories of how he came to Graham Street, then navigates back to earlier years of his life on the farm.…
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Katherine Council - On education, changes in the community, and racial discrimination
“I really think with children, it didn’t matter. It was the adults that were having problems.” (In reference to integration) - Katherine "Mama Kat" Council Ms. Council, fondly known as Mama Kat, grew up on a farm in Chapel Hill down Jones Ferry Road…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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James Atwater - On how the memory of desegregation shapes local schools
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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