Gilgor, BobSouthern Oral History ProgramUnited States, North Carolina, Orange County, 36.0613, -79.1206United States, North Carolina, Orange County, Chapel Hill, 35.9132, -79.05584Hackney, Burnis2001-02-05In 1966, Burnis Hackney was among the first African Americans to enroll in the new, integrated Chapel Hill High School (CHHS). In this interview, Hackney attempts to resolve his belief in the essential value of integration with his regret for the traditions jettisoned during the process. The process itself went relatively smoothly for Hackney, who did not experience direct racism from white students or teachers. The most difficult element of the transition was leaving the nurturing atmosphere at Lincoln High School for the academically demanding, individualistic ethos of CHHS. A sense of inevitability flows through this interview: Hackney remembers that he and other black students were resigned to the integration process, which seemed determined to move forward despite how African Americans felt about it.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.text/htmltext/xmlaudio/mpegengForms part of Oral histories of the American South collection.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/School integration--North Carolina--Chapel HillAfrican Americans--North Carolina--Chapel HillLincoln High School (Chapel Hill, N.C.)Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Race relations.African Americans--North Carolina--Chapel Hill--AttitudesAfrican American students--Education (Secondary)--North Carolina--Chapel Hill--20th centuryChapel Hill High School (Chapel Hill, N.C.)Oral history interview with Burnis Hackney, February 5, 2001TextSound