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Deloris Bynum - On school integration, church, and work
In this interview Deloris Bynum recounts being in the 8th grade when black students were integrated into Chapel Hill High School. Bynum says that she loved to teach children. She worked as a Nurse’s Aide in Assisted Living homes and loved older people. Bynum was an usher for the St. Joseph’s CME…
Deloris Bynum - On school integration, church, and work
Euzelle and R.D. Smith - On changes in Northside
"When I came out of service, the first thing I said to her [Euzelle Smith] was I want a car. I want to buy a new car. She said to me, 'I want a house.' I said, 'Ok, I’m going to build you a house, and I’m going to buy me a car.'"
- R.D. Smith
The interviewees share their experiences with living in…
Euzelle and R.D. Smith - On changes in Northside
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"This thing has taken up probably about six or seven either homes or grocery -- not commercial -- businesses, Black-owned businesses, where this mass of a building now stands....I don't think they went about it the right way, getting the community involved."
- Willis Farrington
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Heather Giuffre and Others - On their experiences as white UNC students living in Northside
“Well, I feel like it’s a big issue of whether or not businesses should have a social component in their mission. And I think that ideally, it’s best for business to have that element. And so, I feel like it’s responsible for businesses to take community input into consideration.”
- Paige
In this…
Heather Giuffre and Others - On their experiences as white UNC students living in Northside
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 since she was born but now resides in a different…
Keith Edwards - On housing and gentrification in Northside
Reginald Hildebrand - Greenbridge (clip)
Rob Stephens (RS): And you say you did talk to elders about it?
Reginald Hildebrand (RH): Yeah. Elders, I mean older people, not officials of the church.
RS: Yeah.
RH: Yeah. But these are the same people you’re talking to. Velma Perry and Rebecca Clark and others like that and they had, well it…
Reginald Hildebrand - Greenbridge (clip)
Russell Edwards - Greenbridge and Northside (clip)
Russell Edwards - Greenbridge and Northside (clip)
Russell Edwards - On Northside, the Civil Rights Movement, and desegregation
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 communities of Chapel Hill and shares his opinions…
Russell Edwards - On Northside, the Civil Rights Movement, and desegregation
Willis Farrington - On growing up in Northside, local businesses, and Northside neighbors
"Hargraves used to be my home away from home."
- Minister Willis Farrington
This interview is part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s Life History Series. Minister Willis Farrington, an associate pastor at S. Joseph CME Church, grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He grew up going to St. Joseph…
Willis Farrington - On growing up in Northside, local businesses, and Northside neighbors