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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

Carrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee 

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

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

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

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...

Rebecca Clark, UNC Chapel Hill Staff and Human Rights Advocate

Rebecca Clark, UNC Chapel Hill Staff and Human Rights Advocate

Rebecca Clark (1915-2009), a former UNC Chapel Hill staff member, African-American political activist, and civil rights organizer, fought against unequal pay and workplace discrimination. Clark worked briefly as a housekeeper at the Carolina Inn in the late 1930s and...

LATEST NEWS

Braxton Foushee Street Dedication Event

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

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....

Black History Month 2024

Black History Month 2024

Hillsborough, NC -- The Orange County Office of Equity & Inclusion is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable community for all residents. Black History Month is a time for us to come together and recognize the invaluable contributions of Black...