Merritt School
Isabel Atwater - On growing up during World War II, Black businesses, and Civil Rights
Ms. Atwater speaks about life growing up in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area during World War II. She shares her experiences with her husband, Roy Atwater and her education at the rural Merritt School and Orange County Training School. She was familiar with food rations throughout the time and had…
Isabel Atwater - On growing up during World War II, Black businesses, and Civil Rights
Merritt School
"We went to a little country school back of our house [run by] Lottie Merritt. It was a school where we [went] from [grades] 1 through 7 and then we would take a test and go to high school at Orange County Training School."
- Isabel Atwater
Lottie Merritt ran a country school known as Merritt School…
Merritt School
