A Noteworthy Sit-in
Dorothy Hurley Osborn's memoir of a civil rights sit-in in Chapel Hill and a trial in Orange County, involving the author and Robert Tappan Osborn. Published in 2005.
Indexed works
Works about or by Dorothy Hurley Osborn. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
By Dorothy Hurley Osborn
Research sources
Sources and research tools for this person. Research guide: Trace a family through historical records.
Collections and databases
- NC LIVE: prepared search for Dorothy Hurley Osborn 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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