Re/Collecting Chapel Hill
27 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsJoin Chapel Hill Public Library staff and community members as we uncover the untold histories of Chapel Hill. We seek to reckon with our past to figure out where we came from and why it matters for our shared future.
Season one of Re/Collecting Chapel Hill was supported by grant funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the federal Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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Episodes
10: Voices - Zan Coleman, Cortland Gilliam, and CJ Suitt
August 07, 2023 19:00 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MBThe James Cates Scholars is a youth-led, elder informed program dedicated to centering, exploring and sharing marginalized Black history in Chapel Hill. The Scholars range in age from middle school, high school, college and beyond. Find out more and support the program at Bridging the Gap with Danita Mason-Hogans. (https://www.bridgingthegapdmh.org/copy-of-what-we-do)
9: Voices - CJ Suitt
November 25, 2020 10:45 - 15 minutes - 21.9 MBCJ Suitt (he/him/they/them) is a performance poet, arts educator, and community organizer from Chapel Hill, N.C., whose work is rooted in storytelling and social justice. CJ most recently was appointed as the first Poet Laureate of Chapel Hill. He is committed to speaking truth to power and aims to be a bridge for communities who can’t always see themselves in each other. This episode was produced by Klaus Mayr and edited by Klaus and Molly.
8: Elizabeth Cotten
October 23, 2020 15:30 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBJoin Chapel Hill Public Library staff and community members as we uncover the untold histories of Chapel Hill, from the inside out and bottom up. In this episode we dive into Chapel Hill's musical history, starting with one of its most beloved artists, Elizabeth Cotten. We search for signs of Chapel Hill in Cotten's music and learn about life for a young Black girl growing up in the turn of the century South. Producer, Mandella Younge, joins Molly as co-host for this episode. Special thanks ...
Bonus: The Quiet
April 01, 2020 16:00 - 18 minutes - 25.9 MBThe mission of Re/Collecting Chapel Hill is to share stories of our community’s history from the inside out and bottom up. Usually, that means sharing stories from the past, in the voices of the people who lived that history. We’re not totally sure how to document and share history of the present moment. Real talk. It’s feeling like a lot right now. Kids are home. Grownups are home. We’re all trying to figure out how to do this thing, settling in for the long haul. At the podcast, we’re thi...
Ep 1: Message In a Bottle
March 23, 2020 20:00 - 12 minutes - 17.7 MBHello out there This is a confusing and difficult time in Chapel Hill and in the world. To slow the spread of COVID-19, we must isolate ourselves in our homes and distance ourselves from the places and activities that usually make up our days. Our strange shared mission is solitude. As a result, we’re starting to live our lives in totally unfamiliar ways—working from home, diving deeper and longer into dinner conversations, home-schooling our kids, and taking up new activities that we otherwi...
Bonus: Message In a Bottle
March 23, 2020 20:00 - 12 minutes - 17.7 MBHello out there This is a confusing and difficult time in Chapel Hill and in the world. To slow the spread of COVID-19, we must isolate ourselves in our homes and distance ourselves from the places and activities that usually make up our days. Our strange shared mission is solitude. As a result, we’re starting to live our lives in totally unfamiliar ways—working from home, diving deeper and longer into dinner conversations, home-schooling our kids, and taking up new activities that we otherwi...
Ep 7: What Comes Next. Silent Sam part 3
December 19, 2019 21:00 - 23 minutes - 32.2 MBIn August, 2018 student activists toppled UNC's confederate monument, Silent Sam. In our final part of our 3-part series exploring the history of the statue, we dig into the question: what comes after Silent Sam?
7: What Comes Next. Silent Sam part 3
December 19, 2019 21:00 - 23 minutes - 32.2 MBIn August, 2018 student activists toppled UNC's confederate monument, Silent Sam. In our final part of our 3-part series exploring the history of the statue, we dig into the question: what comes after Silent Sam?
Ep 6: James Cates. Silent Sam part 2
November 18, 2019 10:00 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBPart 2, in our 3-part Silent Sam series. In this episode, we share the story of James Cates. James was born and raised in Chapel Hill. In 1970, when he was just 22-years-old, he was murderd on UNC campus. Journalist Mike Ogle has spent years researching the life and death of James Cates. We'll share his work and hear from community members who knew Cates, including those with him when he died. Season one of Re/Collecting Chapel Hill was supported by grant funds from the Institute of Museum...
James Cates
November 18, 2019 10:00 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBPart 2, in our 3-part Silent Sam series. In this episode, we share the story of James Cates. James was born and raised in Chapel Hill. In 1970, when he was just 22-years-old, he was murderd on UNC campus. Journalist Mike Ogle has spent years researching the life and death of James Cates. We'll share his work and hear from community members who knew Cates, including those with him when he died. Season one of Re/Collecting Chapel Hill was supported by grant funds from the Institute of Museum...
6: James Cates. Silent Sam part 2
November 18, 2019 10:00 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBPart 2, in our 3-part Silent Sam series. In this episode, we share the story of James Cates. James was born and raised in Chapel Hill. In 1970, when he was just 22-years-old, he was murderd on UNC campus. Journalist Mike Ogle has spent years researching the life and death of James Cates. We'll share his work and hear from community members who knew Cates, including those with him when he died. Season one of Re/Collecting Chapel Hill was supported by grant funds from the Institute of Museum...
5: An Old Argument. Silent Sam part 1
November 04, 2019 10:00 - 30 minutes - 42 MBWhat was the meaning of the American Civil War? And why are we still arguing over this some 150 years later? In this, the first of our 3-part series on Silent Sam, we explore the purpose of confederate monuments and their impact on the African American community in Chapel Hill. From the work of United Daughters of the Confederacy in the early 1900s to spread their version of history throughout the south, to the first stirrings of the Black Power Movement at the end of the 1960s, we will hear...
Ep 5: An Old Argument. Silent Sam part 1
November 04, 2019 10:00 - 30 minutes - 42 MBWhat was the meaning of the American Civil War? And why are we still arguing over this some 150 years later? In this, the first of our 3-part series on Silent Sam, we explore the purpose of confederate monuments and their impact on the African American community in Chapel Hill. From the work of United Daughters of the Confederacy in the early 1900s to spread their version of history throughout the south, to the first stirrings of the Black Power Movement at the end of the 1960s, we will hear...
An Old Argument
November 04, 2019 10:00 - 30 minutes - 42 MBWhat was the meaning of the American Civil War? And why are we still arguing over this some 150 years later? In this, the first of our 3-part series on Silent Sam, we explore the purpose of confederate monuments and their impact on the African American community in Chapel Hill. From the work of United Daughters of the Confederacy in the early 1900s to spread their version of history throughout the south, to the first stirrings of the Black Power Movement at the end of the 1960s, we will hear...
Mayor of Franklin Street
October 21, 2019 09:00 - 22 minutes - 31.2 MBPublic memorials are embedded in our landscape. In this episode we learn the history behind two public memorial benches that bookend the Bolin Creek Trail in Chapel Hill. Learn how two men devoted their lives to making our public spaces more open and accessbile for all of us...and how one man tried to stop such work from ever happening. This episode was produced and edited by Molly Luby, with help from Mandella Younge, Omar Roque, David Felton, and Susan Brown. Audio mixing by Ryan Chamberlai...
4: Mayor of Franklin Street
October 21, 2019 09:00 - 22 minutes - 31.2 MBPublic memorials are embedded in our landscape. In this episode we learn the history behind two public memorial benches that bookend the Bolin Creek Trail in Chapel Hill. Learn how two men devoted their lives to making our public spaces more open and accessbile for all of us...and how one man tried to stop such work from ever happening. This episode was produced and edited by Molly Luby, with help from Mandella Younge, Omar Roque, David Felton, and Susan Brown. Audio mixing by Ryan Chamberlai...
Ep 4: Mayor of Franklin Street
October 21, 2019 09:00 - 22 minutes - 31.2 MBPublic memorials are embedded in our landscape. In this episode we learn the history behind two public memorial benches that bookend the Bolin Creek Trail in Chapel Hill. Learn how two men devoted their lives to making our public spaces more open and accessbile for all of us...and how one man tried to stop such work from ever happening. This episode was produced and edited by Molly Luby, with help from Mandella Younge, Omar Roque, David Felton, and Susan Brown. Audio mixing by Ryan Chamberlai...
Remembering Our Dead
October 07, 2019 09:00 - 30 minutes - 42.9 MBWe explore the ways that cemeteries act as memorials and markers. How do Chapel Hill’s cemeteries help us remember the people who came before us? How have they obscured the past? Join us and our special tour guide, local historian Ernest Dollar, as we walk through four Chapel Hill burial sites. In this episode, you also meet associate producer, Mandella Younge. Mandella works behind the scenes on Re/Collecting Chapel Hill. In this episode, she joins Danita on the mic. Podcast production tea...
3: Remembering Our Dead
October 07, 2019 09:00 - 30 minutes - 42.9 MBWe explore the ways that cemeteries act as memorials and markers. How do Chapel Hill’s cemeteries help us remember the people who came before us? How have they obscured the past? Join us and our special tour guide, local historian Ernest Dollar, as we walk through four Chapel Hill burial sites. In this episode, you also meet associate producer, Mandella Younge. Mandella works behind the scenes on Re/Collecting Chapel Hill. In this episode, she joins Danita on the mic. Podcast production tea...
Ep 3: Remembering Our Dead
October 07, 2019 09:00 - 30 minutes - 42.9 MBWe explore the ways that cemeteries act as memorials and markers. How do Chapel Hill’s cemeteries help us remember the people who came before us? How have they obscured the past? Join us and our special tour guide, local historian Ernest Dollar, as we walk through four Chapel Hill burial sites. In this episode, you also meet associate producer, Mandella Younge. Mandella works behind the scenes on Re/Collecting Chapel Hill. In this episode, she joins Danita on the mic. Podcast production tea...
Young, Gifted and Black
September 23, 2019 09:00 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MBJoin Chapel Hill Public Library staff and community members as we uncover the untold histories of Chapel Hill, from the inside out and bottom up. In our first season, we are exploring the histories behind the monuments and markers of Chapel Hill. In June, 2019 we honored the lives of two Chapel Hillians whose names were added to the Peace and Justice Plaza marker in downtown Chapel Hill. Mama Dip. Mildred Council was a culinary and community matriarch known for her traditional Southern cook...
2: Young, Gifted and Black
September 23, 2019 09:00 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MBJoin Chapel Hill Public Library staff and community members as we uncover the untold histories of Chapel Hill, from the inside out and bottom up. In our first season, we are exploring the histories behind the monuments and markers of Chapel Hill. In June, 2019 we honored the lives of two Chapel Hillians whose names were added to the Peace and Justice Plaza marker in downtown Chapel Hill. Mama Dip. Mildred Council was a culinary and community matriarch known for her traditional Southern cook...
Ep 2: Young, Gifted and Black
September 23, 2019 09:00 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MBJoin Chapel Hill Public Library staff and community members as we uncover the untold histories of Chapel Hill, from the inside out and bottom up. In our first season, we are exploring the histories behind the monuments and markers of Chapel Hill. In June, 2019 we honored the lives of two Chapel Hillians whose names were added to the Peace and Justice Plaza marker in downtown Chapel Hill. Mama Dip. Mildred Council was a culinary and community matriarch known for her traditional Southern cook...
Holy Week Fast
September 09, 2019 09:00 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBJoin Chapel Hill Public Library staff and community members as we uncover the untold histories of Chapel Hill, from the inside out and bottom up. In our first season, we are exploring the histories behind the monuments and markers of Chapel Hill. Our first stop: Peace and Justice Plaza. (https://www.townofchapelhill.org/residents/about-chapel-hill/history/peace-and-justice-plaza) "The Peace and Justice Plaza honors the energy and spirit of the thousands who have stood in the shadow of the Co...
Ep1: Holy Week Fast
September 09, 2019 09:00 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBJoin Chapel Hill Public Library staff and community members as we uncover the untold histories of Chapel Hill, from the inside out and bottom up. In our first season, we are exploring the histories behind the monuments and markers of Chapel Hill. Our first stop: Peace and Justice Plaza. (https://www.townofchapelhill.org/residents/about-chapel-hill/history/peace-and-justice-plaza) "The Peace and Justice Plaza honors the energy and spirit of the thousands who have stood in the shadow of the Co...
1: Holy Week Fast
September 09, 2019 09:00 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBJoin Chapel Hill Public Library staff and community members as we uncover the untold histories of Chapel Hill, from the inside out and bottom up. In our first season, we are exploring the histories behind the monuments and markers of Chapel Hill. Our first stop: Peace and Justice Plaza. (https://www.townofchapelhill.org/residents/about-chapel-hill/history/peace-and-justice-plaza) "The Peace and Justice Plaza honors the energy and spirit of the thousands who have stood in the shadow of the Co...
Introducing Re/Collecting Chapel Hill
August 23, 2019 10:00 - 47 seconds - 1.1 MBFor the past year, Chapel HIll Public Library has been taking a deep dive into local history, uncovering untold stories and telling them from “the bottom up and the inside out.” These stories are the basis of the Library’s new podcast, Re/Collecting Chapel Hill. The first season of Re/Collecting Chapel Hill focuses on the community’s history and connections with historical monuments and markers. Listeners will hear archival audio mixed with present-day interviews that illuminate the history ...