Pines Restaurant
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
Picket of Chi Omega sorority at Pines Restaurant
When Chi Omega sorority at the ATO fraternity held banquets at the segregated Pines Restaurant, they were picketed by their fellow students.
Picket of Chi Omega sorority at Pines Restaurant
The Pines Restaurant
"As a kid I worked for The Pines down there, where they didn't let no Blacks come in there and eat, and my mommy and my daddy worked back there in the back. By the time I was a senior in high school, you had broken the rule where they could, Blacks could come there and eat."
- Thurman Couch
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The Pines Restaurant
Thurman Couch - On his childhood, family, and school integration
This interview with Thurman Couch covers growing up in Chapel Hill during high school in the 1950-60s. He attended Lincoln High School before it was shut down in 1962, and then he attended Chapel Hill High School. Couch reflects on his lifestyle, neighborhood, family, religion, school, football…
Thurman Couch - On his childhood, family, and school integration
