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 Minister Robert Campbell - On the Swain house (clip)

 Minister Robert Campbell - On recipes (clip)

Minister Robert Campbell: “I miss him teaching us how to play the piano…My grandfather, he could blow, he could blow. He was our inspiration. Sometimes, sitting around telling the tales about growing up and the things he had to endure. I think it just made him a more persistent and stronger person.…

 Minister Robert Campbell - On the brick bat (clip)

 Minister Robert Campbell - On concrete (clip)

 Minister Robert Campbell - On Chapel Hill rocks (clip)

 Minister Robert Campbell - On Franklin Street (clip)

 Minister Robert Campbell - On his family history (clip)

 Albert "Bruce" Washington - On his final thoughts (clip)

 Albert "Bruce" Washington - On a gateway (clip)

 Albert "Bruce" Washington - On legacy and land (clip)

 Albert "Bruce" Washington - Brick has been good to me (clip)

 Albert "Bruce" Washington - On teaching the trade (clip)

Yvonne Cleveland: What is one thing you would want to share with people today who might be interested in this kind of work? Another question is: do you think this kind of work is still in existence? Albert Washington: Well, it is now, but when I first started, it was all Black [people] doing it…

 Albert "Bruce" Washington - One million bricks (clip)

 Albert "Bruce" Washington - Background information (clip)

Yvonne Cleveland: What made you interested in becoming a brick mason? Albert Washington: Well, I took it in high school at Chatham County, Horton High School, and they used to interview us and say who’s going to college? If you weren't going to college, they would teach you a trade—carpeting, brick…

 Albert "Bruce" Washington - Introductions (clip)

 Anita Spring Council and Annette "Neecy" Council - On gardens (clip)

 Betty Geer - On gardens (clip)

 Kathy Atwater - On gardens (clip)

 Kathy Atwater - On the kitchen (clip)

 Janie Johnson - On community (clip)

Learning Economic Vocabulary through Businesses in Our Community

Using case studies of local Black-owned businesses, students will learn key economic vocabulary terms and be able to explain how those terms apply to real world situations in their own community. NC Standard Course of Study: 2.E.1.1 Give examples of ways in which businesses in the community meet…

Student Projects

Since its beginnings, the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History has been dedicated to bringing local Black history, told by the people who have lived it, to the next generations of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County. Over the years, the life histories of neighbors have…

 Anita Spring Council and Annette "Neecy" Council - On hiring prison employees (clip)

 Civil Rights Story Circle - On Carrboro (clip)