The Town of Chapel Hill honored the Chapel Hill Nine with a memorial marker on Franklin Street on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
The Town of Chapel Hill honored the Chapel Hill Nine with a memorial marker on Franklin Street on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
The Town of Chapel Hill honored the Chapel Hill Nine with a memorial marker on Franklin Street on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
The Town of Chapel Hill honored the Chapel Hill Nine with a memorial marker on Franklin Street on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
The Town of Chapel Hill honored the Chapel Hill Nine with a memorial marker on Franklin Street on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
The Town of Chapel Hill honored the Chapel Hill Nine with a memorial marker on Franklin Street on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
The Town of Chapel Hill honored the Chapel Hill Nine with a memorial marker on Franklin Street on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
The Town of Chapel Hill honored the Chapel Hill Nine with a memorial marker on Franklin Street on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents stop to take pictures of the Chapel Hill Nine memorial marker before the official unveiling on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents stop to take pictures of the Chapel Hill Nine memorial marker before the official unveiling on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
The Chapel Hill Nine memorial marker is covered by a tarp before the official unveiling on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
The Chapel Hill Nine memorial marker is covered by a tarp before the official unveiling on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Chapel Hill Police close the roads on Franklin Street during the Chapel Hill Nine memorial marker celebration on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Chapel Hill Police close the roads on Franklin Street during the Chapel Hill Nine memorial marker celebration on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Roses are handed out to onlookers at the Chapel Hill Nine memorial marker ceremony on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Roses are handed out to onlookers at the Chapel Hill Nine memorial marker ceremony on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
The four surviving members of the Chapel Hill Nine sit in attendance at the memorial marker ceremony on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
The four surviving members of the Chapel Hill Nine sit in attendance at the memorial marker ceremony on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Esphur Foster, the sister of Chapel Hill Nine member Harold Foster, walks to the stage for a speech during the Chapel Hill Nine memorial marker ceremony on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Esphur Foster, the sister of Chapel Hill Nine member Harold Foster, walks to the stage for a speech during the Chapel Hill Nine memorial marker ceremony on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Members of the Chapel Hill Nine look on as the memorial marker is unveiled at the ceremony on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Members of the Chapel Hill Nine look on as the memorial marker is unveiled at the ceremony on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Members of the Chapel Hill Nine look on as the memorial marker is unveiled at the ceremony on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Members of the Chapel Hill Nine look on as the memorial marker is unveiled at the ceremony on Friday, February 28. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Crowds gather to celebrate the unveiling of the Chapel Hill Nine memorial marker on Franklin Street on Friday, February 23. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Crowds gather to celebrate the unveiling of the Chapel Hill Nine memorial marker on Franklin Street on Friday, February 23. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
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