Key References: Chapel Hill & Civil Rights
Key References: Chapel Hill & Civil Rights
Embedded Files
Courage in the Moment: The Civil rights Struggle, 1961-1964, photographs by Jim Wallace and text by Paul Dickson. In 1961, the editor of The Daily Tarheel sent his staff into the streets of Chapel Hill to cover local civil rights activities.
Courage in the Moment: The Civil rights Struggle, 1961-1964, photographs by Jim Wallace and text by Paul Dickson. In 1961, the editor of The Daily Tarheel sent his staff into the streets of Chapel Hill to cover local civil rights activities.
The Free Men by John Ehle: Describes the experiences of a handful of dedicated young students, both black and white, during the 1963-64 civil rights protests in Chapel Hill, NC.
The Free Men by John Ehle: Describes the experiences of a handful of dedicated young students, both black and white, during the 1963-64 civil rights protests in Chapel Hill, NC.
Whites Only by Robert Seymour. “Chronicles...the movement of a minister, a congregation, and a region from behind rigid walls of segregation to the open field of conflict, and eventually into new possibilities of racial harmony and social justice.” –the Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes Jr.
Whites Only by Robert Seymour. “Chronicles...the movement of a minister, a congregation, and a region from behind rigid walls of segregation to the open field of conflict, and eventually into new possibilities of racial harmony and social justice.” –the Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes Jr.
Other sources for reference and research into Chapel Hill's Civil Rights Movement
Other sources for reference and research into Chapel Hill's Civil Rights Movement
Oral Histories from The Southern Oral History Program
● Project Mighty Tigers--Oral Histories of Chapel Hill's Lincoln High School (Project K.2.20)
● Oral Histories on Desegregation and Inner Life of Chapel Hill Schools (Project K.2.8)
Archival Papers from Southern Historical Collection
● John Ehle papers: http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04555/
● John Kenyon Chapman papers: http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/05441/
● Robert L. Johnson papers include a scrapbook created by Robert L. Johnson. It contains newspaper clippings, pictures, and letters about the Reverend Charles Miles Jones, a Chapel Hill, N.C., minister involved in the civil rights movement; articles pertaining to clergy involved in the desegregation movement of the 1950s and 1960s; and other materials.http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/05362/
● Adelaide Walters papers: http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04293/
Assorted material in the Chapel Hill Historical Society
● Oral Histories collected in 1970s--audio cassette recordings that need to be digitized and transcribed.
● Images & text on foam board from the Civil Rights exhibit at the old Chapel Hill Museum
● Lincoln Echo broad sheets (laminated)
● Full run of Chapel Hill News (bound)
● Vertical file with various news clippings, dissertations, etc.
Daily TarHeel archives (available online via Digital NC)
Historic Civil Rights Commemorations
Historic Civil Rights Commemorations
Town of Chapel Hill Task Force
Town of Chapel Hill Task Force
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