Chapel Hill Junior High School
Chapel Hill Junior High School
I think one thing that helped me survive up on Franklin Street at Chapel Hill Junior High School was some of the white friends we had, male and female. You know, I remember I used to be sitting there in class...crying and...there were these two white girls that used to just kind of...talk to me, and…
Chapel Hill Junior High School
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
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
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
