Hank Anderson

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1. 1969–1977 Hank Anderson directs the Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Department Henry "Hank" Anderson III, who took a master's degree in recreation administration at UNC in 1969, directed the Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Department from 1969 to 1977. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Town of Carrboro: Our Roots Run Deep, Black History in Carrboro
2. 1976 Hank Anderson starts a Saturday breakfast meeting of Black and social justice leaders Anderson began hosting a Saturday morning breakfast at Dip's Restaurant where African American and social justice leaders discussed problems and political strategy. The group later made endorsements in Chapel Hill and Carrboro elections and carried his name. People: Bill Thorpe Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · OrangePolitics: Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast (November 3, 2011)
3. April 8, 1984 Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign opens a Chapel Hill headquarters About 65 people watched Orange County Democratic chair Verla Insko cut the ribbon at the campaign's office at 404 West Rosemary Street. Fred Battle, chairman of the Orange County Jesse Jackson for President Committee, urged them to register by the April 9 deadline; county co-chairmen Joseph Straley, a former Town Council member, and Hank Anderson spoke, and district coordinator Bruce Lightner said Jackson planned 10 to 12 days in North Carolina. People: Fred Battle, Hank Anderson Place: 404 West Rosemary Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: Verla Insko, Joseph Straley, Bruce Lightner, Jesse Jackson · Also mentions: West Rosemary StreetSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, April 9, 1984, p. 1
4. 1993–1998 Hank Anderson serves on the Carrboro Board of Aldermen Anderson was elected to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen in 1993 and re-elected in 1997, and the board chose him as mayor pro tem in 1994 and again in 1997. He served until his death in October 1998. People: Mike Nelson, Jacquelyn Gist Place: CarrboroSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 19, 1998, p. 1 (Alderman Loses Cancer Battle)
5. November 2-9, 1993 Carrboro elects Gist, Nelson and Anderson aldermen, and a recount upholds the result Incumbent Jacquelyn Gist (1,616 votes) and Mike Nelson (1,231) took two of the three open seats on November 2, and Hank Anderson edged Charles Riggsbee for the third. After Riggsbee found that a clerk had recorded 294 rather than 194 votes for Anderson in the Town Hall precinct, the Orange County Board of Elections recounted the whole race by machine on November 9 and Anderson kept the seat, 1,037 to 1,008; elections supervisor Bobby Strickland said it was the first Carrboro recount she could recall in 25 years. People: Jacquelyn Gist, Mike Nelson, Hank Anderson Place: Carrboro · Also named: Charles Riggsbee, Bobby StricklandSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, November 10, 1993, p. 3
6. December 7, 1993 Hank Anderson and Mike Nelson take seats on the Carrboro Board of Aldermen Hank Anderson and Mike Nelson were sworn in as Carrboro aldermen on December 7, joining re-elected alderman Jacquelyn Gist and replacing Tom Gurganus, whose term had ended, and Hilliard Caldwell, who had lost the mayor's race to Eleanor Kinnaird. The Daily Tar Heel described Nelson as the only openly gay elected official in North Carolina; Anderson, a vice president of the local NAACP, said he wanted to organize the community against crime. People: Hank Anderson, Mike Nelson, Jacquelyn Gist, Hilliard Caldwell, Ellie Kinnaird Place: Town Hall, Carrboro · Also named: Tom GurganusThe Daily Tar Heel, December 9, 1993, p. 3
7. August 30, 1994 Orange County Board of Elections certifies petitions for a recall vote on school board member LaVonda Burnette Meeting the afternoon of August 30, the elections board verified enough signatures, from more than 6,000 certified out of 7,257 turned in, to put Burnette's seat before Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district voters in a recall election on November 8; 4,250 were needed. The Daily Tar Heel later reported a News and Observer finding that only 43 of the 6,300 verified signers were Black, and NAACP vice president and Carrboro Alderman Hank Anderson said the petitions had been placed where Black residents did not go, which the organizers denied. People: Hank Anderson Place: Orange County Board of Elections, Hillsborough · Also named: LaVonda BurnetteSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, August 31, 1994, p. 1
8. September 18, 1994 The Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP asks legislators to review the petitions to recall LaVonda Burnette In a letter dated September 18, the Rev. Gene Hatley, president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP, asked state Sen. Beverly Perdue and Rep. Anne Barnes to review how signatures were gathered to force a recall election for school board member LaVonda Burnette, citing a report that the petitions broke the new state recall law. More than 7,000 signatures had been gathered where about 4,000 were required and the vote was set for November 8; school board chairman Ken Touw said the law required that signatures be authenticated, not witnessed. People: Hank Anderson Place: Chapel Hill and Carrboro · Also named: Gene Hatley, LaVonda Burnette, Ken Touw, Beverly Perdue, Anne BarnesSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, September 27, 1994, p. 1
9. by September 6, 1994 The Ink Spot print shop opens in Carrboro with help from the town's revolving loan fund A locally owned copy and print shop opened at 501 West Main Street across from the Carrboro fire station, aiming at the nearly 6,900 UNC students living in Carrboro, which had no copy shop. Alderman Hank Anderson said the business was partly financed through the town's revolving fund for new businesses. People: Hank Anderson Place: 501 West Main Street, Carrboro · Also mentions: Carrboro fire stationSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, September 9, 1994, p. 4
10. November 4, 1997 Diana McDuffee leads the vote for Carrboro aldermen Running for the first time as an incumbent after her 1995 appointment, McDuffee led seven candidates with 1,755 votes. Fellow incumbents Jacquelyn Gist and Hank Anderson were also re-elected, and Allen Spalt was the only newcomer. People: Diana McDuffee, Jacquelyn Gist, Hank Anderson Place: Carrboro · Also named: Allen SpaltSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, November 5, 1997, p. 3
11. June 1998 Carrboro renames its community park for Hank Anderson The Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to rename Carrboro Community Park on N.C. 54 for Alderman Henry "Hank" Anderson III, on a motion by Alderman Jacquelyn Gist. The 55-acre park is one of the town's largest. People: Jacquelyn Gist Place: Hank Anderson Community Park, Carrboro · Also mentions: Carrboro Community Park, N.C. 54Search the index · Town of Carrboro: Our Roots Run Deep, Black History in Carrboro
12. 1999–2011 Joal Hall Broun joins the Carrboro Board of Aldermen In early 1999 Joal Hall Broun, an assistant public defender, was appointed to fill out the term of the late Alderman Hank Anderson, and she won election to the board that fall. She served on the board until 2011. People: Joal Hall Broun, Hank Anderson Place: CarrboroThe Carrboro Citizen: Broun, Phelps to challenge Jacobs in Dem primary (March 4, 2010)