Join 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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Join 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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August 7, 2023
10: Voices - Zan Coleman, Cortland Gilliam, and CJ Suitt
<p>The 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. </p> <p>Find out more and support the program at <a href="https://www.bridgingthegapdmh.org/copy-of-what-we-do" rel="nofollow">Bridging the Gap with Danita Mason-Hogans.</a> </p>
November 25, 2020
9: Voices - CJ Suitt
<p>CJ 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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>This episode was produced by Klaus Mayr and edited by Klaus and Molly.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Chapel Hill Poet Laureate | CJ Suitt | Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.chapelhillarts.org/chapel-hill-laureate/">Chapel Hill Poet Laureate | CJ Suitt | Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture</a> — In November of 2019, the Town of Chapel Hill appointed artist, educator, and activist CJ Suitt as the first Poet Laureate of the community. </li><li><a title="In The Aftermath | Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.chapelhillarts.org/in-the-aftermath/">In The Aftermath | Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture</a> — In The Aftermath is a poem written and performed by Chapel Hill Poet Laureate CJ Suitt. This work was prompted by the current times and hopes to recognize community, nostalgia, and hope for the future.</li><li><a title="Tracks Music Library | Sonny Miles" rel="nofollow" href="https://tracksmusiclibrary.org/artists/sonny-miles">Tracks Music Library | Sonny Miles</a></li><li><a title="Tracks Music Library | Rowdy" rel="nofollow" href="https://tracksmusiclibrary.org/artists/rowdy">Tracks Music Library | Rowdy</a></li><li><a title="YOUTH COUNCIL | chcnaacp" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.chapelhillcarrboronaacp.com/youthcouncil">YOUTH COUNCIL | chcnaacp</a> — On June 6th, 2020, the Chapel Hill Carrboro NAACP Youth Council hosted a Social Justice Rally to honor our slain brothers and sisters. Thank you to activist Alicea Davis for allowing us to share her performance of "A Change Is Gonna Come" in this episode. </li></ul>
October 23, 2020
8: Elizabeth Cotten
<p>Join Chapel Hill Public Library staff and community members as we uncover the untold histories of Chapel Hill, from the inside out and bottom up.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>Producer, Mandella Younge, joins Molly as co-host for this episode. Special thanks to Glenn Hinson, Brent Glass, and the Chapel Hill Historical Society.</p> <p>This episode was written, produced and edited by Mandella Younge and Molly Luby.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Mike Seeger Collection at UNC Wilson Library" rel="nofollow" href="https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/20009/">Mike Seeger Collection at UNC Wilson Library</a> — the collection includes dozens of recordings Seeger made of Elizabeth Cotten, playing, speaking and in concert. </li><li><a title="This black female musician you may not know has written songs you probably do | GMA" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/black-female-musician-written-songs-69078752">This black female musician you may not know has written songs you probably do | GMA</a></li><li><a title="The Carolina times. (Durham, N.C.) 1919-current, July 03, 1976, Second Section, Page 23, Image 23 · North Carolina Newspapers" rel="nofollow" href="http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn83045120/1976-07-03/ed-1/seq-23/">The Carolina times. (Durham, N.C.) 1919-current, July 03, 1976, Second Section, Page 23, Image 23 · North Carolina Newspapers</a> — Ms. Cotten shows up on the lineup several times</li><li><a title="The Myth of Southern Exceptionalism - Google Books" rel="nofollow" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=0xNbY2CehHgC&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=%22Please+Don%27t+Tell+What+Train+I%27m+On,%22+in+Sing+Out!+September+14,+1964&source=bl&ots=5eFd1gF8kv&sig=ACfU3U1aolLXPABULWDH28URPwaGeDD5Kg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBroPwi_3rAhWyg3IEHXo4D4sQ6AEwBHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Please%20Don't%20Tell%20What%20Train%20I'm%20On%2C%22%20in%20Sing%20Out!%20September%2014%2C%201964&f=false">The Myth of Southern Exceptionalism - Google Books</a> — The chapter "Black as Folk: The Southern Civil Rights Movement and the Folk Music Revival" by Grace Elizabeth Hale paints rural Black southerners as "the folk" in a bid for Northern white sympathies during the Civil Rights Movement. The advantages, limitations, and who it left behind. </li><li><a title="Cotten, Elizabeth (c. 1893–1987) | Encyclopedia.com" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/cotten-elizabeth-c-1893-1987">Cotten, Elizabeth (c. 1893–1987) | Encyclopedia.com</a> — We recommend the great list of sources at the bottom.</li><li><a title="John Ullman's liner notes" rel="nofollow" href="https://folkways-media.si.edu/liner_notes/smithsonian_folkways/SFW40147.pdf">John Ullman's liner notes</a> — Extensive notes from Cotten's posthumously released album, Shake Sugaree</li><li><a title="Liner notes from When I'm Gone" rel="nofollow" href="https://folkways-media.si.edu/liner_notes/folkways/FW03537.pdf">Liner notes from When I'm Gone</a> — Extensive liner notes on When I'm Gone were compiled from taped conversations with Elizabeth Cotten, Alice Gerrard, and Mike Seeger between 1966 and 1979</li><li><a title="Elizabeth Cotten playlist on Spotify" rel="nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3b9DXLGHGMXKV305roNBVo?si=6dOO8_rRQ4uSRngitfUG7A">Elizabeth Cotten playlist on Spotify</a></li><li><a title="Public Art | Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.chapelhillarts.org/arts-experiences/public-art/#elizabeth-cotten-mural">Public Art | Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture</a> — As part of the North Carolina Musicians Mural Project, the Elizabeth Cotten mural honors the local blues legend and her lasting impact on the community. </li></ul>
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