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Anita Spring Council and Annette “Neecy” Council - On Their Family History and Family Businesses
"Yeah our friends would be going to the ball games and going here and then we had to go to work. But then when it came down to going to McDonald’s or whatever we had the money to buy it and they didn’t, so that was the good part about it."
- Annette "Neecy" Council
Anita Spring Council and Annette…
Anita Spring Council and Annette “Neecy” Council - On Their Family History and Family Businesses
Brentton Harrison - On his time at the Jackson Center
“It doesn’t feel like work, it feels like a calling, a mission, or a purpose."
- Brentton Harrison
Mr. Harrison is bidding farewell to the Jackson Center after 10 years of service to join the Hargreeves Community Center. With the whole staff bidding him farewell and asking questions, it leads to…
Brentton Harrison - On his time at the Jackson Center
Emily Banks - Malcolm X and the Civil Rights Movement (clip)
Emily Banks - Malcolm X and the Civil Rights Movement (clip)
Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes - On family, faith, and the importance of heritage and land
“The connection is that the faith that backs me is my support and my strength. The you don’t give up. You keep fighting.”
- Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes
Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes has been an important member and leader of Chapel Hill since growing up and living in the community for most of her life. She…
Judy Nunn-Ellison Snipes - On family, faith, and the importance of heritage and land
Mae McLendon - On motherhood and attending UNC
“I was a member of the Black Student Movement. It was like a year old when I got there so I was very active in that. I was the off-campus minister. We would go to the football games and not stand for the national anthem…as a form of protest.”
- Mae McLendonr
In this interview, Mae McLendon sits down…
Mae McLendon - On motherhood and attending UNC
Robert Campbell - Speaking about community, faith, and activism
Min. Robert Campbell is a well-known local activist who was raised by his grandparents in the Northside neighborhood. He attended Northside and Lincoln and was in the first desegregated graduating class at Chapel Hill High School (Class of ’67). He moved to Rogers Road in the 1970s where he has been…
Robert Campbell - Speaking about community, faith, and activism
Virginia Medean on St. Joseph and Church Activism (clip)
Ella Wise/Rachel Mossey (EW/RM): How have you seen Saint Joseph’s though – the role of Saint Joseph’s in this community?
Virginia Medean (VM): They’ve always been a strong advocate for justice, social justice, and community means. They have a wonderful pastor now–
EW/RM: Mhm.
VM: –And [pause] I…
Virginia Medean on St. Joseph and Church Activism (clip)
Walter Durham - On school integration, his childhood, and race
“[Lincoln] was a school that you could go in and… no paper on the school campus. Hallway shines like new money all the time. You could drink out of the commode in the bathroom. And it was kept just that clean.”
- Walter Durham
Walter Durham discusses growing up as part of a large family on his…
Walter Durham - On school integration, his childhood, and race
