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 Reginald Hildebrand - On St. Paul AME Church

"And that was another way that the church related to the community. Providing a place, a home to affirm, and to the degree we could, assist people who were members of the community whatever their particular situation might be, economically or educationally." - Dr. Reginald Hildebrand Dr. Reginald…

 Reginald Hildebrand - On Rev. Horton's education initiative (clip)

 Reginald Hildebrand - On Rebecca Clark (clip)

 Reginald Hildebrand - On pastor turnover (clip)

 Reginald Hildebrand - On his first time attending St. Paul AME Church (clip)

 Reginald Hildebrand - On his family, genealogy, race, and community

Dr. Reginald Hildebrand is an Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is also a member of St. Paul CME Church and an advisory board member of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History. This interview was conducted as part of the Jackson…

 Reginald Hildebrand - On his background within the AME church (clip)

 Reginald Hildebrand - On church leadership transitions (clip)

Rachel Broun: I know you’ve been at St. Paul through several pastors, what are the transitions like and how has that defined your relationship with the church throughout so many different leaders? Reginald Hildebrand: Again this is one of the strengths and weaknesses of the Methodist Tradition.…

 Reginald Hildebrand - On church differences in Chapel Hill vs. Durham (clip)

 Reginald Hildebrand - Greenbridge (clip)

Rob Stephens (RS): And you say you did talk to elders about it? Reginald Hildebrand (RH): Yeah. Elders, I mean older people, not officials of the church. RS: Yeah. RH: Yeah. But these are the same people you’re talking to. Velma Perry and Rebecca Clark and others like that and they had, well it…

 Reginald Hildebrand - Family Land (clip)

Reginald Hildebrand (RH): My grandmother’s parents, my great grandparents, on my father’s side, were slaves. Often heard stories of him coming out of slavery and his master providing some land that was actually in the family until like the 1980s. It was not common, but it happened enough that it was…

 Reginald Hildebrand - Coming to St. Paul AME Church (clip)

Reginald Hildebrand (RH): The other connection I have, I developed in Chapel Hill around that time the church. And how that developed, I was living in Durham and had really wanted to attend a church in Durham, to establish myself in that community. I visited the best known AME church in Durham,…

Reginald Hildebrand

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

Reginald D. Smith II

Reginald D. Smith II, goes by Reggie, raised in Northside with his three siblings by Euzelle and R.D. Smith, both of whom were prominent educators in the area. Reggie Smith still lives in North Carolina and has two adult children.

 Regina Merritt and Mary Cole - On land ownership, integration, and racism

“My parents always taught us you know who you are, no matter what you say to me or what you call me, I know who I am. And that stayed with me for years. Because people are going to talk about you, you cannot stop people from talking. They can say what they want to say to you, but you know who you…

 Regina Merritt - On food bringing people together

In this oral history, Regina Merritt discusses what her life was like growing up on a farm. From the beginning of the interview, it is clear that her grandmother was the centerpiece of her family. She cooked for not only her own family members, but also for anyone in the community who needed food.…

 Regina Merritt

Regina Merritt

 Rebecca Clark - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill

Audio recordings of interviews conducted by Yonni Chapman with participants in the African American freedom struggle and the civil rights movement in and around Chapel Hill, N.C.

 Rebecca Clark - On her childhood, education, and school integration

This interview is part of an oral history project called Southern Communities: Listening for a Change: Mighty Tigers--Oral HIstories of Chapel Hill's Lincoln High School. The interviewes were conducted from 2000-2001, by Bob Gilgor, with former teachers, staff, and students from Chapel Hill, N.C.'s…

Rebecca Clark

"I would get no more than ten dollars a week, if that much. But it began to go up to twenty-five. And then I was asking for fifty." - Rebecca Clark

 Rashii Purefoy and Yvonne Cleveland

 Rani Dasi - Why education should be accessible (clip)