Longtime residents of Chapel Hill reflect on how the town has changed

“Anywhere in the world, you’ll find a person from Chapel Hill,” Williams said. After his time in the army, Williams joined the fire department where he became the first Black firefighter in Chapel Hill. But his first time in the fight for integration was when he and eight other classmates sat at the all-white counter of Colonial Drug Store in Chapel Hill. He and his classmates became known as the Chapel Hill Nine. Williams said he feels extremely humbled to have been a pioneer during the Civil Rights Movement, adding...