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Holy Week Fast, 1964

The fast on the Franklin Street post office lawn that pressed for a public accommodations ordinance, documented across the collections of twelve library systems and the State Archives of North Carolina.

1 works · grouped from 0 catalog subject headings

Places represented  Chapel Hill

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    Looking for the original language used in library catalogs? The Complete Subject Index contains all 26,205 subject headings connected to these records. Related headings, such as spelling variants of a person’s name or headings that share a common beginning, are grouped into 13,544 browse terms.

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    Organizations

    S. S. Biddle and Company (1)

    S. W. Holman and Company (1)

    Saint Augustine's College (Raleigh, N.C.) (1)

    Saint Augustine's College (Raleigh, N.C.) (1)

    Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church (Durham, N.C.) -- History (1)

    Saint John's Church (Williamsboro, N.C.) -- History (1)

    Saint Mary's School and Junior College (Raleigh, N.C.) (2)

    Saint Matthew's Church (Hillsborough, N.C.) (1)

    Saint Matthew's Parish (Orange County, N.C.) (1)

    Saint Thomas More Catholic Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.) (5 works · 5 headings)
    Salem Academy (Winston-Salem, N.C.) (2 works · 3 headings)

    Salem Female Academy (Salem, Winston-Salem, N.C.) (1)

    Sampson High School (1)

    Sanborn Map Company (1 works · 2 headings)

    School Integration -- North Carolina -- Raleigh -- History (1)

    School Poetry -- North Carolina -- Carrboro (1)

    School prose, American (8 works · 5 headings)
    School verse, American (3 works · 2 headings)

    School Yearbooks -- North Carolina -- Durham (1)

    Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company (1)

    Seaman's Friend Society (1)

    Seaman's Friend Society (Norfolk, Va.) (1)

    Second Ward High School (Charlotte, N.C.) (2)

    Select Boarding and Day School (Hillsborough, N.C.) (1)

    Selection Committee for the North Carolina Distinguished Service Award for Women (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (1)

    Semora Methodist Church (Milton, N.C.) -- History (1)

    Seymour and Blair Club (Chapel Hill, N.C.) (1)

    Shady Grove United Methodist Women (1)

    Shared Learning Association of Chapel Hill (N.C.) (4 works · 3 headings)

    Shatzman Collection -- Exhibitions (1)

    Shaw University (1)

    Shiloh Baptist Church (Milton, N.C.) -- History (1)

    Sigma Alpha Epsilon. North Carolina Xi Chapter (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) -- Directories (1)

    Sigma Alpha Iota. Iota Tau Chapter (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (1)

    Sigma Chi (Florida State University) (1)

    Sigma Chi Fraternity. Alpha Tau Chapter (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) -- Periodicals (1)

    Sigma Theta Tau. Alpha Alpha Chapter (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) -- Periodicals (1)

    Sigma Upsilon (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Odd Number Club (1)

    Simmons Company (1)

    Simonton Female College (1)

    Siouan Project (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Research Laboratories of Anthropology) (3)

    Smart Start Program (N.C.) (1)

    Smith High School (1)

    Smith Richardson Foundation (1)

    Society for International Development (1)

    Society for the Study of Southern Literature (1)

    Society of Friends (10 works · 8 headings)
    Society of Medical Administrators (U.S.) (1 works · 2 headings)

    Society of the Sigma Xi (4)

    Society of the Sigma Xi. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapter (4)

    Soldiers Aid Association (Orange County, N.C.) (1)

    Soldiers' Home Association (1)

    Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center (7 works · 2 headings)

    Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History -- Description and travel (1)

    South Carolina College (1 works · 2 headings)

    South Lowell Academy (Durham, N.C.) -- History (1)

    South Lowell Male Academy (1)

    Southeast Public Health Foundation (1)

    Southeastern Black Press Institute (1)

    Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (1)

    Southeastern College Art Conference (1)

    Southeastern Conference on International Higher Education (1)

    Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies (4)

    Southeastern Renaissance Conference (1)

    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1)

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1)

    Southern Committee for People's Rights (1)

    Southern Economic Association (2)

    Southern Historical Association (2)

    Southern Observatory for Astrophysical Research (2)

    Southern Railroad (2)

    Southern Railway (U.S.) (3)

    Southern Regional Council (3)

    Southern Regional Education Board (1)

    Southern Student Organizing Committee (Nashville, Tenn.) (4)

    Spirit Square Arts Center (1)

    Spring Hill Academy (1)

    St. John's Metropolitan Community Church (Raleigh, N.C.) (1)

    St. John's Museum of Art (1)

    St. Joseph AME Church (Durham, N.C.) (1)

    St. Joseph's Historic Foundation (Durham, N.C.) (1)

    St. Mary's College (Raleigh, N.C.) (3 works · 2 headings)

    St. Mary's School (Raleigh, N.C.) (1)

    St. Matthew's Church (Hillsborough, N.C.) (4 works · 2 headings)
    St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.) (2 works · 2 headings)

    St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Chicago, Il.) (1)

    St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Durham, N.C.) (1)

    St. Thomas More Catholic School (Chapel Hill, N.C.) -- History (1)

    Standard Oil Company (1)

    State Bank of North Carolina (1)

    State Employees Association of North Carolina. District 35 (Chapel Hill, N.C.) -- Periodicals (1)

    State Hospital (Goldsboro, N.C.) (1)

    State Teachers College at Towson. (1)

    State University Railroad Co. (1)

    State University Railroad Company -- History (2)

    Status of Women Committee (2)

    Stonewood Insurance Company (Chapel Hill, N.C.) -- Auditing (1)

    Strong Memorial Hospital (1 works · 2 headings)

    Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.) (6)

    Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapter. Constitution (1)

    Students for Economic Justice (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (1)

    Sugg High School (1)

    Suites (Orchestra) -- Scores (1)

    These headings come from Library of Congress and local vocabularies used by the participating libraries. Counts show linked works in Orange County Indexed. Related headings are grouped automatically, and the People section combines common name variants. Report corrections through the contact form.

    About Orange County Indexed

    Orange County Indexed brings together records about Orange County from twelve library systems and the State Archives of North Carolina, the Digital Public Library of America, DataCite, and Crossref. This page searches the full index, including books, maps, archival collections, government documents, campus materials, digitized primary sources, and published research about the county.

    Filters and browse terms are derived from source catalog headings, which remain available in the Complete Subject Index. Every result links to its source record. Use Advanced options to narrow the results, browse books held by OCPL, or download the index as a spreadsheet.

    Automated grouping makes broad discovery possible but may not resolve every ambiguity. Corrections and additions are welcome through the contact form.

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    The Friends connects people with new library materials, local writers and publishers, and resources documenting Orange County.

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    Illustration by Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell, gifted to the Friends 2026