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 Reginald Hildebrand - St. Paul's legacy (clip)

 Reginald Hildebrand - Rebecca Clark (clip)

Reginald Hildebrand (RH): And so, I was very much aware of her, and her as a force in that church, and in that community, and was very much aware of her supportive involvement and engagement with any young – at that time, I was relatively young – person who appeared to be trying to make something of…

 Reginald Hildebrand - Racism and Quaker School (clip)

Reginald Hildebrand (RH): In the 4th grade, go to my parents, there was a Quaker school in Atlantic City. They had a good experience, thought it was worth the investment sending me to a Quaker School in Philadelphia, they wanted to do the same there. I went there, took exams, and the head mistress…

 Reginald Hildebrand - On women's roles at St. Paul AME Church (clip)

Reginald Hildebrand: When moving around the community when Ms. Perry’s name came up and she was designated a Town Treasure at one point. Again, the kind of respect and accomplishment she had—I think she spent one year at Bennett and then she had to come back and take care of her mother who was ill.…

 Reginald Hildebrand - On Velma Perry (clip)

 Reginald Hildebrand - On values of the church (clip)

 Reginald Hildebrand - On the significance of St. Paul (clip)

 Reginald Hildebrand - On the relationship between UNC and St. Paul (clip)

 Reginald Hildebrand - On the move to Rogers Road (clip)

 Reginald Hildebrand - On the creation of a campus fellowship (clip)

 Reginald Hildebrand - On the church's relationship with the Black community (clip)

 Reginald Hildebrand - On the campus fellowship (clip)

 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,…