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Albert Simms Williams - On recognizing strength in community diversity (clip)
Albert Simms Williams - On recognizing strength in community diversity (clip)
Edna Lyde - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill
"People have got to stand up for themselves. Black or white. If you don’t stand up for yourself, ain’t nobody going to do it for you."
- Edna Lyde
Edna Lyde, born in 1928 in Darlington, SC, recounts how being Black impacted her experience within her family, at the workplace, and in her community in…
Edna Lyde - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill
Fred Battle - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill
"I would always look as I would walk down the corridors of the hall in Lincoln, and I could still hear some of the teachers speaking now. Giving guidance, giving direction, giving praise, and all the motivation we would need to excel as students, excel as athletes."
- Fred Battle
Fred Battle was…
Fred Battle - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill
Katherine Council - On education, changes in the community, and racial discrimination
“I really think with children, it didn’t matter. It was the adults that were having problems.” (In reference to integration)
- Katherine "Mama Kat" Council
Ms. Council, fondly known as Mama Kat, grew up on a farm in Chapel Hill down Jones Ferry Road and has lived in various places in the area her…
Katherine Council - On education, changes in the community, and racial discrimination
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
Marie Mann and Kenneth Mann
“Everybody knew everybody, and it’s just like anywhere else, you could walk away from your house and not lock the door. You would know the neighbor would watch your house, and you would hook the screen in the back, and you go on downtown wherever you are going and come back, and your house is ok.…
Marie Mann and Kenneth Mann
Mark Royster - On his family, education, and school integration
This interview begins with the background of Mark Royster. Royster grew up on his father’s farm in Granville County which is north of Durham County. His father’s farm was government subsidized. He was the youngest of twelve children. His sister is the eldest and would be 100 years old at the time of…
Mark Royster - On his family, education, and school integration
Reginald Hildebrand - Rebecca Clark (clip)
Reginald Hildebrand (RH): And so, I was very much aware of her, and her as a force in that church, and in that community, and was very much aware of her supportive involvement and engagement with any young – at that time, I was relatively young – person who appeared to be trying to make something of…
Reginald Hildebrand - Rebecca Clark (clip)
Vernelle Brooks Jones and Charles David Brooks - On their family history and business
"They had a very high reputation in the community. They did excellent work. One thing that my father always said, that when they finished their job, they didn’t have to go back…They did quality work, quality construction."
-Vernelle Brooks Jones
"I loved just doing things with my hands and then…
Vernelle Brooks Jones and Charles David Brooks - On their family history and business
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