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Allen Buansi - On Education
"I really want my kids to first off, be good people, kind people, to be respectful of others, and to be advocates for themselves. I’m of course going to be their best advocate, along with their mother, my wife. But giving them the tools to be able to recognize when they themselves or others are…
Allen Buansi - On Education
Clementine Self - On her childhood, civil rights, education, and school integration
“I was going for my education, I was really going to make a statement that I’ve integrated this school–or desegregated, it was never integrated–desegregated the school. That was my goal.”
- Clementine Self
Clementine Self is a former student of Lincoln High School in Chapel Hill, NC. She discusses…
Clementine Self - On her childhood, civil rights, education, and school integration
Edwin Caldwell, Jr. - On his childhood and interactions between Black and white community members
This interview is part of an oral history project called Southern Communities: Listening for a Change: Mighty Tigers--Oral HIstories of Chapel Hill's Lincoln High School. The interviewes were conducted from 2000-2001, by Bob Gilgor, with former teachers, staff, and students from Chapel Hill, N.C.'s…
Edwin Caldwell, Jr. - On his childhood and interactions between Black and white community members
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
