CELEBRATE DIVERSITY
Congresswoman and native Chapel Hillian Valerie Foushee, Dawna Jones, Betty Curry,
Chapel Hill Council member Paris Miller -Foushee and Carrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee.
LATEST STORIES
Celebrating Mildred Council’s 95th Birthday
Mama Dip’s Kitchen, located at 408 W Rosemary Street in Chapel Hill, commemorated what would have been its founder Mildred Council’s 95th birthday on Thursday, April 11, 2024.
Carrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee
In 2023 Barbara Foushee was the first Black woman elected as mayor of Carrboro and the second Black person to hold the office. Foushee has served on Carrboro’s town council for six years. Foushee grew up in eastern North Carolina and graduated from Saint...
Ms. Lillian Lee
Lillian Lee is one of those guardians of the Chapel Hill community who puts her arms around the town’s soul, holds its close and tries to protect it. And she’s done an amazing job. In 1965, during her husband Howard’s graduate school years, she joined a colleague —...
Howard N. Lee
One of the great moments in civil rights history took place in Chapel Hill on May 6th, 1969. That’s when Howard N. Lee was elected mayor of this town. In so doing, he became the first African American elected mayor in a predominantly white southern town since...
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Tressie McMillan Cottom is a sociologist, professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, columnist for the New York Times, and a 2020 MacArthur Fellow. Her 2017 book, Lower Ed, has been cited by influential American policymakers, among them the esteemed...
LATEST NEWS
Carrboro Celebrates: The Braxton Foushee Street Dedication
The Town of Carrboro celebrated the renaming of Carr Street during the Braxton Foushee Street Dedication on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 . Braxton Foushee is a local civil rights leader, a current Planning Board member, and the first Black member of the Carrboro Board of...
Braxton Foushee Street Dedication Event
The Town of Carrboro is planning an event to celebrate the renaming of Carr Street to Braxton Foushee Street at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, with a community gathering outside the Areté Studio, 203 E. Carr Street. The street dedication will begin with the...
2024 Black History Month Schedule of Events
Celebrate Carrboro https://www.carrboronc.gov Feb. 1-29 Virtual Events: Youth Art Exhibit: “Celebrating Black History Month” 29 Days of Black History Trivia Inspiring Black History Month Quotes to Remember Friday, Feb. 2 First Watch & Melanated Wine Trip 9:45 a.m....