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 David Caldwell

 David Caldwell - On the difficulties between the local government and Rogers-Eubank community concerning the landfill

This interview is part of an SOHP project called Rural South: Backways: Understanding Segregation in the Rural South. The interviews, 2014-, were conducted in the rural piedmont region and eastern North Carolina about the often hidden forces of structural and institutional discrimination that have…

 David Caldwell - Introductions (clip)

 David Caldwell - On the history of environmental racism in the Rogers Road community

“That’s one reason we’re trying so hard to document everything. Because if you lose your identity, you lose your community…You lose your community, whether it’s from development or people buying it, you lose your identity also. So either way, if you lose either one, you’ve lost completely.” - David…

David Caldwell, Jr.

A Chapel Hill native, David Caldwell is the Project Director and Community Organizer for the Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association located in northern Chapel Hill, North Carolina. As part of his position, he collaborates with UNC in research and works with PORCH and summer enrichment programs to…

 David Caldwell, Jr. - Advice to the current generation (clip)

 David Caldwell, Jr. - Going to town (clip)

David Caldwell, Jr.: Because when we moved out here, I was in the third grade, so it was the [19]60s, and there was not a lot of houses. There was not a lot of things going on that you could do, so we spent a lot of our time in the woods. There were maybe thirteen kids out here at the time on the…

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On Able T. Rogers (clip)

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On activism (clip)

David Caldwell, Jr. (DC): We brought up the fact that they were not keeping the promises that were made. We would go to meetings to voice our protest and, I mean, we were met with disgust and disdain and, “Why are you guys back here again?” [Sound of train passing, whistle blowing] We were bringing…

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On big athletic games (clip)

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On Black police officers (clip)

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On Caldwell historical items (clip)

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On Cyrus Guy and poor houses (clip)

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On David Fitz (clip)

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On difficulties as a police officer (clip)

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On drill sergeants (clip)

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On family history with the masons (clip)

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On gangs and gang violence (clip)

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On George Tate (clip)

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On Greene Tract Development (clip)

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On growing up in the Rogers community (clip)

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On growing up on Rogers Road (clip)

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On high school and college (clip)

 David Caldwell, Jr. - On high school athletics and segregation (clip)