January 30

January 30: Panel Discussion, 5:30-7 pm,
Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Library
Pressing the Hold-outs: The Desegregation Demonstrations of 1963-64

Moderator:

Sally Greene: Chapel Hill Town Council Member and UNC-Chapel Hill adjunct law professor

Panelists:

Quinton Baker: Leader in the 1963-64 sit-ins; one of the protagonists of John Ehle's The Free Men
Karen Parker: Activist in the 1963-64 sit-ins; first black female to earn her undergraduate degree from UNC-Chapel Hill
Braxton Foushee: Activist in the sit-ins; graduate of Lincoln High School; later became a member of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen
Erika Stallings: Current UNC-Chapel Hill student; active in Campus Y, Black Student Movement, and Student Government

"Pressing the Holdouts": The Integration Sit-ins of 1963/1964

Tim West introducing the moderator, Sally Greene

Chapel Hill Town Councilwoman, Sally Greene, moderator for the panel

Moderator, Sally Greene, gives some background history

Left to right: Sally Greene (moderator), Quinton Baker, Karen Parker, Braxton Foushee, and Erika Stallings

Moderator, Sally Greene, shows some pictures of the Chapel Hill Civil Rights movement

Left to right: Sally Greene (moderator), Quinton Baker, Karen Parker, Braxton Foushee, and Erika Stallings

Left to right: Sally Greene (moderator), Quinton Baker, Karen Parker, Braxton Foushee, and Erika Stalling

Left to right: Sally Greene (moderator), Quinton Baker, Karen Parker, Braxton Foushee, and Erika Stallings

Panelists speak to a full house in the Pleasants Family Room at Wilson Library

Karen Parker listens as current student Erika Stallings offers her perspective