by Admin | Jun 20, 2022 | NEWS
While more people may remember the Freedom Riders of 1961, 16 civil rights activists helped set the blueprint for the demonstrations against Jim Crow laws in the South a few years earlier in 1947. On Friday, decades-old punishments in Orange County against four of...
by Admin | Jun 3, 2022 | NEWS
On February 28 in 1960, nine young men from Chapel Hill’s all-black high school organized a sit-in at the Colonial Drug Store on Franklin Street. These 16 to 18-year-olds from Lincoln High were arrested for seeking the same service that was given to white customers....
by Admin | Jun 3, 2022 | NEWS
The Chapel Hill Town Council voted unanimously to rename the Chapel Hill Transit facility on Millhouse Road for former Chapel Hill Mayor and state Sen. Howard Lee and his wife, Lillian Lee. Lee, the son of a Georgia sharecropper, won his first election to Chapel...
by Admin | May 28, 2022 | BUSINESSES
After a complete renovation in 2021, The Story venue is now available for events. The Story on West Franklin Street in Chapel Hill is ideal for wedding receptions, corporate events, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, and more. The space is also perfect for university events — UNC...
by Admin | May 3, 2022 | STORIES
MISSION & HISTORY EmPOWERment, Inc.’s mission is to empower individuals and communities to achieve their destiny through community organizing, affordable housing, and grass roots economic development. Chapel Hill is a vibrant community that is ever changing and...
