Ribbons of Color Along the Eno River
Contains first and second-hand stories telling the history of the Eno River Valley from the perspective of African Americans and people of color living along the Eno, from prehistory to modern day.
Key local figure
Benjamin Craig, a local farmer, and Green Cordal bought at an estate auction in January 1866 one acre opposite the north west end of Franklin Street in Chapel Hill for fifty dollars. By August 1867 they had conveyed it to three Philadelphia Friends for the relief of freedpeople.
Source: Open Orange: Quaker Freedmen's School
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Contains first and second-hand stories telling the history of the Eno River Valley from the perspective of African Americans and people of color living along the Eno, from prehistory to modern day.
Floyd McKissick -- Walter Jackson -- Brenda Stephens -- Nate Davis -- Jaki Shelton Green -- Jackie Wagstaff -- Diane Wright -- Michelle Johnson -- The Klan.
Ch. 1. A brief history of slavery in the United States -- ch. 2. Slavery and education in North Carolina -- ch. 3. Orange County North Carolina: formation of the county and the development of schools -- ch. 4. Free publ…
History of the Rogers Road neighborhood of Orange County, N.C., and discussion of the effects of a landfill built near the neighborhood.
Charlene Regester recounts her educational experience in Chapel Hill public schools during the early integration efforts. Her parents ardently advocated for integrated schools as a means to improve blacks' access to res…
Abstract: "Recent histories of the University of North Carolina trivialize the institution's support for white supremacy during slavery, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow, while denying that this unjust past affects the univ…
Fred Battle recalls growing up and attending school in segregated Chapel Hill, NC, and taking his experiences to college in Greensboro, where he participated in civil rights protests. Battle describes the pre-integratio…
James Atwater discusses life in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from the 1930s to the 1950s. Atwater grew up in Chapel Hill, as did his parents and grandparents. In this interview, he discusses how neighbors in the black c…
Rebecca Clark recalls living and working in segregated North Carolina. She finished her schooling in all-black schools, so the bulk of her experience with white people in a segregated context took place in the work worl…
Sheila Florence, among the first African Americans to desegregate Chapel Hill High School in Chapel Hill, NC, remembers growing up in the segregated South and working to end desegregation. She recalls the poor condition…
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