"Student tenants, working in conjunction with the Town, must work to preserve Northside and create fairer housing opportunities throughout Chapel Hill." ...
Read More »Northside is a Chapel Hill neighborhood that houses the largest population of the town's traditionally working class, which includes a majority African-American population. It is located along the north side of Rosemary Street and bound by North Columbia St. to the east and Lloyd Street to the west.
Many neighborhood residents feel Northside is undergoing gentrification, the process of more affluent residents moving in and rebuilding the neighborhood which in turn displaces poorer residents. Developers have been constructing duplexes, primarily for UNC student living off-campus.
The West Chapel Hill Cemetery was established as a burial ground for Black residents in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, after a 1947 state law mandated that ...
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Community members gathered at Hargraves Community Center in Chapel Hill to celebrate Juneteenth and the unveiling of a new landmark at the center. Hargraves ...
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Community organizations across Chapel Hill and Carrboro provide identity-based services to local residents. The Daily Tar Heel has compiled a list of ...
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Northside Elementary School Counselor Chantel Click helps to bring the importance of mental health and social skills to elementary-aged children. The ...
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Rev. Troy Harrison of St. Joseph CME Church and UNC Professor Della Pollock founded the Marian Cheek Jackson Center in 2007 to preserve the oral history ...
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Northside, which is historically the largest Black community in Chapel Hill, has seen a decrease in homeownership for years and an increasing demand for ...
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Two facilities in the Hargraves Community Center — including Northside Gym and the center's indoor basketball court — will be renamed for Nate Davis ...
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The Town of Chapel Hill announced on Aug. 18 that it will be releasing up to $7.8 million to help fund affordable housing projects in the area. ...
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An disproportionate increase in property values for homes in minority and rural Orange County communities has raised concerns from groups like the Marian ...
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The project was developed by the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History and aims to uplift voices, past and present, of Black Chapel ...
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Though Chapel Hill seeks to expand public housing units, it is not accessible to all. The Trinity Court public housing community is set for redevelopment, ...
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As students move off campus, some long-term residents are worried about the potential risk for increased exposure to COVID-19.
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Historically Black neighborhoods in Chapel Hill have experienced disproportionate policing, but the numbers only tell part of the story. Gentrification ...
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The Marian Cheek Jackson Center is a non-profit dedicated to building community in Chapel Hill's Northside and Pine Knolls neighborhoods. The organization ...
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A UNC class is partnering with The Marian Cheek Jackson Center through APPLES Service-Learning to focus on social change and globalization.
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David Mason Jr. recalls walking every morning in the muddy, unpaved streets of the Northside neighborhood to attend class at Orange County Training ...
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