Local figure
Sally Greene
Sally Greene is a lawyer and scholar who has held local office in Orange County almost continuously since 2003. In three terms on the Chapel Hill Town Council she worked on housing, homelessness, criminal justice reform and public art. Elected to the Orange County Board of Commissioners in 2018 and re-elected in 2022, she served on the committee that recommended naming Carrboro's new library building for Robert Drakeford.
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Life and Orange County connections
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- Chapel Hill dedicates the Peace and Justice Plaza marker The town unveiled a granite marker at Peace and Justice Plaza, in front of the old post office on Franklin Street, naming nine local activists: Charlotte Adams, Hank Anderson, James Brittian, Joe Herzenberg, Mildred Ringwalt, Hubert Robinson, Joe Straley, Lucy Straley and Gloria Williams. The Town Council had named the plaza in 2006 and set criteria for later honorees. People: Hank Anderson, James Brittian, Mildred Ringwalt, Hubert Robinson, Joe Straley, Lucy Straley, Gloria Williams, Charlotte Adams, Joseph A. Herzenberg, Sally Greene Place: Peace and Justice Plaza, Chapel Hill · Also named: Joe Herzenberg · Also mentions: Franklin StreetSearch the index · OrangePolitics: Sally Greene, Peace and protest, justice and injustice: marking Chapel Hill's sacred space (September 19, 2009) · Also: Town of Chapel Hill
- Carrboro and Orange County name the Drakeford Library Complex The Carrboro Town Council on October 15 and the Orange County commissioners on November 7, 2024 approved naming the building under construction at 203 South Greensboro Street for Robert "Bob" Drakeford, Carrboro's first Black mayor. A naming committee of two council members, two commissioners and two Friends of the Library members recommended the name on September 24 after a community survey drew more than 200 responses. People: Sally Greene Place: Carrboro · Also named: Robert DrakefordTown of Carrboro news: Civic Building named Drakeford Library Complex by Orange County and Town of Carrboro (November 7, 2024)
Places in this person’s story
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Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Site locations from the N.C. State Historic Preservation Office survey, Open Orange, Orange County GIS, OpenStreetMap and a few other published sources named on each site’s page; town and community pins show approximate locations.
- Chapel Hill Post Office and Peace and Justice Plaza Public buildings and services · Chapel Hill · 1 event here
- Orange County Public Library Libraries, museums and media · Hillsborough · 1 event here
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- NC LIVE: prepared search for Sally Greene Library card Search NC LIVE for this subject and Orange County. You can change the search terms. Sign in through your North Carolina library to access the materials.
- Ancestry Library Edition In the libraryOrange County Public Library Census, birth, death and marriage records, and more, free on the public computers at OCPL libraries
Local help
- Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Local History Help Hours and request formOCPL Local History Liaison Meet with the Local History Liaison at the Main Library, usually Mondays from noon to 3 p.m., or send a question using the online request form
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