Danita Mason-Hogans

Life and Orange County connections

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1. June 13, 2018 Danita Mason-Hogans presents Chapel Hill's civil rights timeline to the town council The Historic Civil Rights Commemorations Task Force, created by Mayor Pam Hemminger in the fall of 2017, gave the council a timeline of people, places and events in the town's civil rights struggle. Mason-Hogans, one of its leaders, told the council that who tells the history matters as much as the history itself. People: Pam HemmingerSearch the index · Chapelboro: Chapel Hill Receives Recommendations from Civil Rights Task Force
2. November 2018 Chapel Hill's council accepts the task force plan for a Chapel Hill Nine marker The council voted unanimously to accept the recommendations for a marker in front of 450 West Franklin Street, where Colonial Drug stood, and sent the plans to the town manager. Mason-Hogans, a task force member, said the marker and the learning around it mattered for young people.Search the index · Chapelboro: Commemorative Marker in the Works for Chapel Hill Nine
3. February 28, 2019 The Chapel Hill Nine marker site is dedicated on the 59th anniversary of the sit-in The town dedicated the marker site at 5 p.m. in front of the West End Wine Bar, where Colonial Drug had stood, and a march to First Baptist Church followed for a community celebration. Mason-Hogans, a main proponent of the marker, spoke about the task force's work.Search the index · Chapelboro: Dedication Thursday for Chapel Hill Nine Historical Marker
4. November 21, 2020 Family and community march to remember James Cates on the 50th anniversary A candlelit march went from Hargraves Community Center to St. Joseph CME Church and down Franklin Street to Peace and Justice Plaza, where the Town of Chapel Hill invited residents to leave flowers and messages for the Cates family. Mayor Pam Hemminger pledged to work with the family and UNC to investigate the killing. People: Danita Mason-Hogans, James L. Cates Jr., Pam HemmingerChapelboro: Family, Community Members March to Remember James Cates 50 Years Later
5. 2021 James Cates Remembrance Coalition proposes naming Student Stores for Cates A coalition of Cates's family, historian Danita Mason-Hogans and community members proposed renaming UNC's Student Stores building in his honor. The building had not been renamed as of 2024. People: Nate Davis, Valerie Foushee, Danita Mason-Hogans, James L. Cates Jr.Daily Tar Heel: 'This was a life': UNC community gathers for memorial to honor James Cates
6. April 2022 Danita Mason-Hogans receives a national fellowship for a critical oral history of Chapel Hill and UNC The Oral History Association named her one of eleven year-long fellows funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities grant. Her project is a critical oral history of Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina.Search the index · Oral History Association: OHA NEH Fellowship Program Announcement
7. November 20, 2024 Student groups hold a memorial for James Cates in the Pit The Southern Student Action Coalition, the Black Student Movement, the Community Justice, Abolition and Anti-Racism Collective and the UNC NAACP held a memorial at the Pit, where speakers criticized the wording and placement of the 2022 plaque. People: Danita Mason-Hogans, James L. Cates Jr.Daily Tar Heel: 'This was a life': UNC community gathers for memorial to honor James Cates