Chapel Hill community members gathered to honor the memory of James Cates Jr., who was murdered by white supremacists 50 years ago. The event began at Hargraves Community Center in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Family, friends, and community members pause for a moment of silence to honor the memory of James Cates Jr. in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Organizers distribute candles that community members held throughout the march to honor the memory of James Cates Jr. in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Community members march from Hargraves Community Center to St. Joseph Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
People begin to arrive at St. Joseph Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Rev. John Cradle speaks to the group gathered outside St. Joseph Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
A community member holds a candle to honor James Cates Jr. at St. Joseph Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
A Chapel Hill Police officer watches as community members cross Rosemary Street on their march in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Community members make their way onto Franklin Street during a march to honor James Cates Jr. in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Patrons at Carolina Brewery watch on as community members march to honor James Cates Jr. in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Community members pass by the memorial marker honoring the Chapel Hill Five on their march down Franklin Street in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Community members chant “Black Lives Matter” during their march down Franklin Street in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Community members cross Franklin Street in their march to honor James Cates Jr. in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Relatives of James Cates Jr. sit and wait for the event to begin at Peace and Justice Plaza in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Community members gathered and socially distanced at Peace and Justice Plaza in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
A participant shields his candle from the wind at Peace and Justice Plaza in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
A march participant records the event at Peace and Justice Plaza on her phone in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Mayor Pam Hemminger participates in the march to honor James Cates Jr. in Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
A relative of James Cates Jr. reflects as the event at Peace and Justice Plaza in Chapel Hill concludes on Saturday, November 21. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
GREAT photos of the event.
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