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Rangewood

Rangewood is a neighborhood located off NC 54 West in Chapel Hill, NC.

 Raney Norwood - On her childhood, school integration, and race

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…

 Raney Norwood - On 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…

Raney Norwood

"If you called me poor, even back then, I couldn't find anywhere for that word to fit into our vocabulary. My brother and I, when we sit down and talk now, we feel rich." - Raney Norwood

 R.D. Smith and Euzelle Smith - Explaining his nickname (clip)

 R.D. Smith - On the sitting room (clip)

 R.D. Smith - On the 933rd anti-aircraft unit (clip)

 R.D. Smith - On how he learned about carpentry and construction (clip)

 R.D. Smith - On his nickname at Lincoln High (clip)

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

 R.D. Smith - On his military service (clip)

 R.D. Smith - On building his house (clip)

R.D. Smith

R.D. and Euzelle Smith built their house on Caldwell Street after R.D. returned from serving in World War II. Leading figures in the neighborhood and the town, both were life-long educators in Chapel Hill. He was the principal of Lincoln High School and a mentor to many young people who grew up in…

 R.D. and Euzelle Smith - Their grandson Sean (clip)

 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…

 R.D. and Euzelle Smith - On their neighbours (clip)

Alex Biggers (AB): Are you guys close with a lot of your neighbors? Euzelle Smith (ES): Hm? AB: Are you guys close with a lot of your neighbors? ES: No, no, not many. Most of them are tenants. Alexander Stephens (AS): What is your relationship with them? Is it a lot of students now? ES: Yeah a lot…

 R.D. and Euzelle Smith - On their house and family photos (clip)

 R.D. and Euzelle Smith - On their careers prior to marriage (clip)

R.D. Smith (RDS): I refused the promotion. I said I want to go home. To my wife. We’d been married for … how long we’d been married for? Euzelle Smith (ES): Well, we married in ‘43, and you came out in, came out of service in ‘46. RDS: I know, I know. But we’d been married for what, about two…

 R.D. and Euzelle Smith - On the neighbourhood when they moved in (clip)

 R.D. and Euzelle Smith - On the neighbourhood now (clip)

 R.D. and Euzelle Smith - On the history of Northside Elementary (clip)

Alexander Stephens (AS): You said, where exactly was the Orange County Training School in relation to here? Euzelle Smith (ES): It’s right up on the hill there, what is now Northside. That school was Orange County Training School when we came here, and then in the – well, I guess I came here in ‘43…

 R.D. and Euzelle Smith - On the fireplace (clip)

 R.D. and Euzelle Smith - On Smith Middle School (clip)

Euzelle Smith (ES): Smith Middle School, and this is an aerial view of the school here. This is Sewell Elementary School and Smith Middle School and that path right there goes up to Chapel Hill High School. And over here, right in this area here, the university has built a building they call the UNC…