Lincoln High Alumni Association
David Mason, Jr. - On Lincoln High School, school desegregation, and Northside
David Mason, Jr. a lifetime resident of Chapel Hill, is one of the leaders of the Lincoln High Alumni Association, an active member of St. Joseph CME, and a community historian. This interview, conducted as part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History’s local Life Histories…
David Mason, Jr. - On Lincoln High School, school desegregation, and Northside
Education
Knowledge is power. Since Reconstruction and the establishment of the first Freedmen’s School on the western edge of Chapel Hill (where Crook’s Corner is now) in the mid-1800s, the Black community has invested in the education of its youth. Parents, teachers, and church members locked arms to…
Education
Lincoln High School
“What we had students don’t get now as easily. There’s something missing now for many of the kids…when I attended Lincoln there were Black role models around me everywhere…there were Black people around you, which you always had a sense of family, and a sense of community, a sense of safety, and a…
Lincoln High School
Program from a memorial service for Orange County Training School and Lincoln High School alumni
This is a scan of the program for the 1995 memorial service for O.C.T.S. and Lincoln High alumni.
Item courtesy of Mrs. Pat Jackson
Program from a memorial service for Orange County Training School and Lincoln High School alumni
