marches
“Eat at Joe's Black and White” Banner
As they march from St. Joseph CME church toward downtown Chapel Hill, local African American students, religious leaders, and UNC students rally behind a banner declaring “Eat at Joe’s Black & White.”
“Eat at Joe's Black and White” Banner
Boys stage a counter-protest directed at marchers at the segregated Colonial Drug
Boys stage a counter-protest directed at marchers at the segregated Colonial Drug.
Boys stage a counter-protest directed at marchers at the segregated Colonial Drug
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
Civil Rights protesters march from St. Joseph C.M.E. to Franklin Street
A protest march makes its way from St. Joseph's CME Church to Franklin Street. To maintain calm, the Chapel Hill police often treated the marches as parades. Eat at Joe's, the restaurant named in the banner carried in the front, was named in many signs protesting segregation. The owner was a vocal…
Civil Rights protesters march from St. Joseph C.M.E. to Franklin Street
CORE organizer, Quinton Baker, teaches effective nonviolence tactics to local activists and leads a practice protest march.
CORE organizer, Quinton Baker, teaches effective nonviolence tactics to local activists and leads a practice protest march.
Crowd gathers to prepare for a march in front of St. Joseph C.M.E. Church at the corner of Rosemary and Roberson.
Crowd gathers to prepare for a march in front of St. Joseph C.M.E. Church at the corner of Rosemary and Roberson.
Demonstrators congregate at St. Joseph CME Church before a march.
Demonstrators congregate at St. Joseph CME Church before a march. Reinvigorated by the March on Washington, activist rallied across the country, including in Chapel Hill, where participants often number in the hundreds.
Demonstrators congregate at St. Joseph CME Church before a march.
Demonstrators march down Franklin Street in protest of public accommodations laws.
Several weeks after the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen failed to pass a public accomodation ordinance, the Chapel Hill Freedom Movement retaliated with a series of sit-ins and marches. On February 8, 1964, demonstrations like this one on Franklin Street effectively disrupted the town.
Demonstrators march down Franklin Street in protest of public accommodations laws.
First-graders from Northside Elementary march from St. Joseph C.M.E. church to Northside school
First-graders from Northside Elementary march from St. Joseph C.M.E. church to Northside school as part of a collaborative curriculum with the Marian Cheek Jackson Center.
First-graders from Northside Elementary march from St. Joseph C.M.E. church to Northside 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
James "Jim" Wallace - Speaking about the Civil Rights Movement and his photography
In this interview, Wallace speaks about Civil rights in Chapel Hill, resistance within the movement, and differences of thought. He also talks about Karen Parker, the first black Woman to graduate from UNC. The interview also includes discussion of Jim Wallace’s photos, photos used in schools to…
James "Jim" Wallace - Speaking about the Civil Rights Movement and his photography
Marchers on Franklin Street protest at segregated Colonial Drug
Marchers on Franklin Street protest at segregated Colonial Drug.
Marchers on Franklin Street protest at segregated Colonial Drug
Marchers walk in freezing rain from Durham to Chapel Hill on January 12, 1964
Marchers walk in freezing rain from Durham to Chapel Hill on January 12, 1964, in support of a pending local public accommodations ordinance.
Marchers walk in freezing rain from Durham to Chapel Hill on January 12, 1964
Martrina Morrow - On food and food accessibility
This interview provides discussion of food, especially the process of getting food, and the amount of food you could buy. Furthermore, Morrow describes the change in money changes to affect how much food you can buy. She also demonstrates how money affects traditions. Her area had no farmers market…
Martrina Morrow - On food and food accessibility
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On her family, faith, community, and civil rights
Patricia Jackson grew up in Chapel Hill, NC and has been a member of St. Joseph CME Church for over forty years. She now works with Wake County Schools and is also a church secretary, a stewardess, and a community activist. This interview was done as part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center…
Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On her family, faith, community, and civil rights
