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 Rani Dasi - On her first year as a CHCCS board member (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On her primary focus(es) as a CHCCS board member (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On fair teacher compensation (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On school repair funding (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On upcoming school renovations (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On the polarization of education (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On trusting and investing in teachers (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On language immersion programs (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On state mandates (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On charter schools vs. public schools (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On pursuing a "we" mentality (clip)

Betsy Battle Davis

 Betsy Battle Davis - On her childhood, education, and career with the WIC program

This interview is part of a project done in fall 2015 and spring 2016, conducted by SOHP undergraduate interns with members of the Black Pioneers, the first African American students to attend and integrate UNC-Chapel Hill from 1952 to 1972. Betsy Davis begins the interview by reflecting on her…

Cecilia Davis

"[Lincoln] wasn’t integrated and I didn’t know anything about integrated schools, cause I never went to one and I never worked at one. But I loved working at Lincoln." - Cecilia Davis

 Cecilia Davis - On growing up in Raleigh and teaching at Lincoln High

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…

John Ray Davis

 John Ray Davis - On his childhood, education, and school integration

This interview is part of a project conducted by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate and undergraduate students in a 2001 oral history course. Topics include Chapel Hill's efforts to end racial segregation in the public schools; the process of creating integrated institutions; and…

 Nate Davis, Jr. - On faith

Nate Davis, Jr.

Marion Davis

 Marion Davis - 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.

 Nate Davis - On the Hargraves Community Center

Nate Davis remembers that during his childhood, the Hargraves Community Center as a safe space to hang out and play sports with friends, and now, after years of working first part time and then full-time for the Center, he is the director. Davis tells the story of Hargraves starting in the 1940s. It…

Nate Davis

Nate Davis was born and raised in Northside and graduated from Chapel Hill High School. He stayed in the area and was drawn into working with youth by his mentor, Fred Battle. He went on to become the director of the Hargraves Community Center, dedicating his life to supporting young people in…

 Nate Davis - On his 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…