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Annie Hargett - On her career, father, and growing up in Chapel Hill
Annie Burnett Hargett is a Northside “legacy seller.” She was born in Chatham County, where the family owned a large piece of land but moved to Chapel Hill to find work at the university. She remembers growing up poor, but lacking nothing. She talks about black businesses, Northside school and…
Annie Hargett - On her career, father, and growing up in Chapel Hill
Gracie Webb - On changes to the neighborhood and the effects on senior community members
In the interview Mrs. Webb discusses her neighborhood and describes how the house that she grew up in was demolished by the state in order to build a road in its place. Her parents did not want to move but believed that if they refused the state’s offer their home would have been condemned; thus,…
Gracie Webb - On changes to the neighborhood and the effects on senior community members
Janie Alston - On her childhood, civil rights, and the Hargraves family
The interview includes the history of the Hargraves family: her great-grandfather, Jerry Hargraves had a role in the founding of St. Paul's. Nineteen children were born to her grandparents, Della Weaver and Luther Hargraves, the first black mortician in the area. He also built houses in Northside.…
Janie Alston - On her childhood, civil rights, and the Hargraves family
Mary Manning - On her childhood, education, and segregation
“Church had a good influence on my life."
- Mary Manning
Mary Manning was born in Carrboro on Birch Street and moved to Chapel Hill. She reflects on her childhood and her life living in Carrboro and Chapel Hill. She mentions several memories of her growing up in Carrboro and Chapel Hill. She only…
Mary Manning - On her childhood, education, and segregation
