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James Merritt

James (Jim) Merritt, a Northside native, joined the Colonial Drug sit-in of February 28, 1960 as one of the Chapel Hill Nine. He later fought in Vietnam, had a long career in public education, and in 2008 was appointed to the Chapel Hill Town Council after council member Bill Thorpe died.

Source: The Local Reporter: Jim Merritt (Orange Slices, February 9, 2021)

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  1. The Chapel Hill Nine sit-in Nine Black young men held Chapel Hill’s first sit-in at Colonial Drug. People: Harold Foster, William Cureton, John Farrington, Earl Geer, David Mason Jr., Clarence Merritt Jr., James Merritt, Douglas Perry, Albert Williams Place: Chapel HillTown of Chapel Hill
  2. The Town of Chapel Hill unveils the Chapel Hill Nine marker at the Colonial Drug site On the sixtieth anniversary of the sit-in the town dedicated sculptor Stephen Hayes's stone-based marker at 450 West Franklin Street, naming the nine students; four of them, Dave Mason Jr., James Merritt, Douglas Perry and Albert Williams, attended the unveiling. People: David Mason Jr., James Merritt, Douglas Perry, Albert Williams Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Stephen Hayes · Also mentions: 450 West Franklin StreetDocumenting the American South: Commemorative Landscapes, Chapel Hill Nine Memorial, Chapel Hill

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