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Michael Jones

 Michael Jones - On faith

Dr. Bettina Shuford

 Dr. Bettina Shuford - On faith

 Patricia Jackson - On St. Joseph CME Church from 1970-1974

"Well, it was always a place [the church] you could come to gain and find out the needs of the community." - Patricia "Pat" Jackson This interview is a part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s faith series. In this interview, Pat Jackson discusses the life and legacy of Reverend Charles L. Hilton,…

Rani Dasi

David Lyles

Airport & Intown Taxi

Music

The historically Black neighborhoods of Chapel Hill and Carrboro have a long and storied musical legacy. Music has played a tremendous role in practices of faith in the area going back to the 19th century and before. In a 2007 oral history, Mrs. Brenda Jackson pointed to the historical roots of…

 Annie Jones Goins and Eugene Farrar - On their family history and legacy of builders

 Reginald D. Smith, II - On his parents career in education

 Gwen Atwater - On the importance of planning (clip)

 Gwen Atwater - On taking care of students (clip)

Gwen Atwater: I would give this spiel the last day of school and I would always tell my children, you know you’re not just mine for this year. Once you cross that door, you’re mine for the rest of your life. You are my family member. I’d say I care about you, and I want to know what you are doing. I…

 Rani Dasi - On how CHCCS presents (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On what she's most proud of during her school board tenure (clip)

Rani Dasi: I think that the thing that I’m most proud of is we definitely think about all students in a different way now. So we, as we make major decisions, we use a tool called “Racial Equity Decision Making Analysis” and it’s not just that we’re based on race but we’re considering questions like,…

 Sarita Allen - On why she taught at CHCCS (clip)

 Sarita Allen - On being kind yet firm (clip)

Black Builders: Honoring a Legacy

Black Builders: Honoring a Legacy is a short documentary produced by the MCJC’s public history team for our annual Community Cinema event. It features historic and current photos accompanying oral history excerpts describing the themes chosen by the community design team for the Builders Gateway to…

 Rani Dasi - On learning to read (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On being homeschooled (clip)

 Rani Dasi - What her mother taught her about education (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On going from homeschool to public school (clip)

 Rani Dasi - Why education should be accessible (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On teachers who inspired her (clip)