Orange County Indexed
The Epps surname
The Epps name in Orange County Indexed: 1 historical record and 4 people in the chronology.
- In the chronology
- 1928 to 1992 4 people in 24 entries, most in the 1970s
- Search beyond these records
- Epps in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
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- Epps in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 4 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
- Epps, Amie 1 entry, 1992
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Epps, Arnie 8 entries, 1983–1992
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- 1983–1995: Integrating UNC's residence halls, 1983–1995
- 1990–1994: The movement for a freestanding Black Cultural Center, 1990–1994
- by August 28, 1991: Black Student Movement leaders move to North Campus residence halls to challenge segregated housing
- September 9, 1991: Chancellor Hardin agrees to ask trustees to rename the Black Cultural Center for Sonja Stone
- August 26, 1991: Student leaders dedicate scholarships to Sonja Haynes Stone and call for renaming the Black Cultural Center
- September 3, 1991: More than 100 students march to South Building to honor Sonja Stone
- August 29, 1991: Students send Chancellor Hardin letters asking for a Sonja Stone chair and an Afro-American studies department
- February 25, 1992: The Black Student Movement elects Michelle Thomas president
- Epps, Garrett 2 entries, 1986
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Epps, Richard 13 entries, 1928–1991
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- 1971–1980: Students win and keep the vote in Orange County, 1971–1980
- 1970–1988: UNC, HEW and the desegregation consent decree, 1970–1988
- April 4, 1972: Orange County elections board again refuses a voter registrar on the UNC campus
- March 8, 1972: Richard Epps becomes UNC's first Black student body president
- April 19, 1972: About 500 students hold a silent vigil in Polk Place against the renewed bombing of North Vietnam
- November 20, 1972: Students march in memory of James Cates and two students killed at Southern University
- April 20 to 21, 1972: UNC students march across campus and strike classes against the bombing of North Vietnam
- February 10, 1973: The law school's Student Bar Association holds a minority law day
- fall 1973: Former student body president Richard Epps becomes an assistant director of undergraduate admissions
- by March 1974: Marcus Williams is elected UNC's second Black student body president
- March 8, 1974: The UNC Board of Governors sets four-year minority enrollment goals for its desegregation plan
- about 1981: UNC's first Black Alumni Reunion is held
- December 1991: William Darity resigns from the UNC Board of Trustees
In the historical records 1 record
1 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Search the name in every collection
