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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…

 Sarita Allen - On being kind yet firm (clip)

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

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

 Rani Dasi - On how CHCCS presents (clip)

 Gwen Atwater - On taking care of students (clip)

 Gwen Atwater - On the importance of planning (clip)

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

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

Airport & Intown Taxi

David Lyles

Rani Dasi

 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,…

 Dr. Bettina Shuford - On faith

Dr. Bettina Shuford

 Michael Jones - On faith

Michael Jones

 Jane Farrar - On faith

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On her faith

 Virginia Carson - On faith

Virginia Carson

 R.D. and Euzelle Smith - On working while at Hampton (clip)

Euzelle Smith (ES): Both of us were what is now called Self-Help students. We used to call them working students at Hampton. One year you had more work hours than class hours, but you started building up your account. And then after that you would have work…part-time work. And you never got cash or…

 Euzelle Smith - On putting her children in daycare and cooking (clip)

Euzelle Smith (ES): My mother-in-law didn't particularly want to put them in daycare. She said she would rather keep them. But I wanted them to start getting used to being with other children. And learning how to mingle and associate. And when the twins went to nursery… to daycare at two, the first…

 R.D. Smith - On his mother caring for their children (clip)