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Civil Rights in Northside

By Cyclone1
  • Northside built

    Northside built

    Northside is built to house African-American workers for UNC.
  • Lincoln High School built

    Lincoln High School built

    Lincoln High School is built, seperating the African Americans and the whites from going to school together.
  • the Rock Wall

    the Rock Wall

    The sit-ins in the Colonial Drugstore are planned by teenagers living in Northside. They met at the rock wall, which was a popular spot in the neighborhood that everyone knew.
  • Sit-Ins at Colonial Drug Store

    Sit-Ins at Colonial Drug Store

    Living History Journal of Eyewitness
    Students at Lincoln High hold sit-ins at the Colonial Drug Store because African-Americans are not allowed to sit down there. They face police resistance.
  • MLK speaks at Hargraves

    MLK speaks at Hargraves

    Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at Hargraves Community center.
  • Schools become integrated

    Schools become integrated

    Schools in Chapel Hill become fully integrated, but racial boundaries persist in bullying and other incidents.
  • EmPOWERment Inc. is formed

    EmPOWERment Inc. is formed

    A nonprofit organization called EmPOWERment is formed to assist African-Americans and their neighborhoods with affordable housing and economic problems.