On Air Today: At the Old Watts Grill, A New Civil Rights Marker

97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live. Saturday, September 23, a new historical marker will go up in Chapel Hill to recognize the site of a high-profile sit-in during the fight for racial integration in 1964. Today, the location is the site of Holy Trinity Anglican Church, on 15/501 across from Southern Village – but in 1964 it was Watts Grill, a notoriously segregationist restaurant where pro-integration protestors were repeatedly attacked. Saturday at 10:30, a new historical marker will go up to recognize the site as part of the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail. Everyone’s invited to attend the ceremony. Aaron spoke with two church members about the location’s history and Saturday’s ceremony: deacon Hank Tarlton and Ph.D. student Micah Harris, whose research focuses on American civil rights history. Listen:  The post On Air Today: At the Old Watts Grill, A New Civil Rights Marker appeared first on Chapelboro.com.