Northside art exhibit
On Friday I went to the Hidden Voices Art Exhibit in the Carrboro Art Center. The exhibit showed pictures of the history of the Northside and West Franklin neighborhoods expereinces and struggles with Civil Rights, it was well presented and well attended. I learned a lot about this area that I live in. The legacy of segregation is mapped onto the land here in more ways than I knew, and I thought I had been getting a sense of it. We will hopefully be working with the group to get markers for the walking tour they have created of historically important sites in the area which would be rad. It was also interesting to learn about the influence of the University in these neighborhoods historically, influence that was not always positive.
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9:15 AM
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As follow up on this, I also attended the Hidden Voices performance about this neighborhood the following week.
The play was performed by local actors, but based on stories gathered from Northside residents by the Hidden Voices project.
When the show ended, many residents stood up in the audience, and remarked about how thankful they were to have these stories celebrated; stories of their grandparents who were slaves, and of their own struggles during the civil rights movements; stories which, right under our noses, too often remain hidden.
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