Watts Restaurant
A demonstrator is attacked at Watts Restaurant during a sit-in in Chapel Hill, NC.
A demonstrator is attacked at Watts Restaurant during a sit-in in Chapel Hill, NC.
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
Regina Merritt and Mary Cole - On land ownership, integration, and racism
“My parents always taught us you know who you are, no matter what you say to me or what you call me, I know who I am. And that stayed with me for years. Because people are going to talk about you, you cannot stop people from talking. They can say what they want to say to you, but you know who you…
Regina Merritt and Mary Cole - On land ownership, integration, and racism
Watts Restaurant and Watts Motel
"We may have had a few incidents, and I remember at the Watts Motel, they would throw acid and pee out the window, embarrassing. But they just didn’t want us to integrate, that was the biggest problem."
- Carol Brooks
"They was picketing that place because they wouldn t let Blacks go in there and…
Watts Restaurant and Watts Motel
