I have found that sometimes even longtime Chapel Hill residents are unaware of the significant civil rights history associated with the town. In the 1960s, some white parents might have “protected” their children from some dramatic local news. The online exhibit “I Raised My Hand to Volunteer: Students Protest in 1960s Chapel Hill” is part of a larger project that included a physical exhibit mounted in the Manuscripts Department of Wilson Library in 2007 and a series of accompanying programs. The online exhibit contains digitized documents, images, biographies of participants, timelines, bibliographies, and other research tools and archival materials relating to 1960s student protests in Chapel Hill, NC. Contextualizing the documents and photographs is a helpful, readable summary that credits local high school and university students with originating significant and effective protests. The exhibit is divided into four parts: Integration Sit-ins, Speaker Ban, Foodworkers’ Strike, and Vietnam War Protests. The exhibit is available at http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/exhibits/protests/.
For information about other Wilson Library online exhibits, go to http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/uars/uexhib.html.
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