Jim Crow
Carol Brooks and Keith Edwards - On the Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill
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 Durham in 1963. They speak on Watt’s Hotel discrimination and Civil Rights leadership in the area, especially of the friendly Pottersfield…
Carol Brooks and Keith Edwards - On the Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill
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
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 interview. Edwards was born and raised in Carrboro…
Keith Edwards - On the importance of food
Thomas Bell - On growing up in Northside, involvement with the community, and the Civil Rights Movement
Thomas Bell, a long time Northside community member and employee at Hillsborough Prison, attended Lincoln High School immediately before the desegregation of Chapel Hill public schools. He reflects on growing up in the Northside (walking to high school football games in Carborro, playing at…
Thomas Bell - On growing up in Northside, involvement with the community, and the Civil Rights Movement
