Lincoln Center
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
Hilliard Caldwell - Speaking about his childhood, family, and race
I was president of my student body at Lincoln High from 1955-56. That was the first time that I'd ever ran for an office where people voted for you based on what you stood for. Having experienced that in an all Black high school was the driving point in getting me to want to run for public office…
Hilliard Caldwell - Speaking about his childhood, family, and race
Lincoln Center
Located at 750 S. Merritt Mill Road, Lincoln Center is an administrative building of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. From 1951-1966, the building was home to Lincoln High School, the school serving Black students in the school system. The campus currently houses an alternative high school…
Lincoln Center
