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 Arminta Foushee - On her grandmother's role as a class leader (clip)

Arminta Foushee: And my grandmother was a class leader, and you’d just be responsible as a class leader for, they would divide membership and give them to different class leaders, and they were responsible for checking on these people throughout the week. If someone were sick, they were responsible…

 Arminta Foushee - On her grandmother serving as a delegate (clip)

Arminta Foushee (AF): She would usually be appointed as a delegate to the annual conferences. They used to be held in June but now they’re in May of each year. And she and her sisters, they would get chosen to be delegates as well, her sisters that were still on Lake James and so they would meet at…

 Arminta Foushee - On changes at University Mall (clip)

Arminta Foushee (AF): They used to have nice flagship stores there. Kathryn Wall (KW): You know, when I first moved to Chapel Hill the Belk was still there. AF: Mm-hmm. Yeah. And Ivey’s… that was a really upscale store. But they ran out of business. I don't know if there are any Ivey’s left anymore.…

 Arminta Foushee - On her grandparent's cooking (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): Did your grandmother do most of the cooking–when you were–on these Sunday family meals, was she the cook in the family or did your mom do a lot of cooking? Arminta Foushee (AF): My grandmother did most of the cooking, but my grandfather would also cook meals too. He liked to–. KW:…

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - Introductions (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): Alright, this is Kathryn Wall from the Marian Cheek Jackson Center. We are here at Saint Joseph’s CME Church on November 1st, 2022. Patricia “Pat” Jackson (PJ): I am Pat Jackson. I have the privilege of speaking with the archivist team this morning at Saint Joseph’s CME Church…

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On ministers as a stabilizing force (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): It sounds like even if a minister’s only gonna be there, maybe potentially only be there for a year or a couple of years, that those church officers then become a stabilizing part of leadership. Pat Jackson (PJ): And that’s a great point because we've always been charged as…

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On the role of Hargraves in the community (clip)

Patricia Jackson: We always were proud to be able to, once they got to our church grounds, we were always eager to run them right down to Hargraves Center because that was our stomping grounds. That was where we had all of our fun and did all of our interactions socially with dances, the movies, and…

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - Introductions (clip)

Kathryn Wall: Hi, this is Kathryn Wall from the Marian Cheek Jackson Center, it is September 26th, 2023, and we’re here at St. Joseph’s CME Church. Patricia “Pat” Jackson: I am Pat Jackson, I am here at St. Joseph CME Church sharing communication about the life and times of St. Joseph’s. Anna…

 Sarita Allen - On her teaching career

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On Mr. Farrington (clip)

Patricia “Pat” Jackson: Mr. Farrington, Mr. Charlie Farrington, I recall was one of the people that died during this time period of 1974 to 1977. [He] was a trustee here, very instrumental in making sure the church was always taking care of its structure inside and outside, is the responsibility of…

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On rebounding from segregation (clip)

Kathryn Wall: So to contextualize a little bit this period in the church’s history, you said you were out doing your thing during this time period, what was Chapel Hill like in the mid-70s? Patricia “Pat” Jackson: Rebounding and trying to stay afloat from the segregation and uproar of the 60s in the…

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On maintaining family homes (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): I’m sure it varied some, but when some of these older generation that had become homeowners and had been able to have the financial stability to support the church, I know when we look at the housing in this area one of the issues is trying to retain homeownership, when folks…

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On the F.R. Gilbert Voices of Joy (clip)

Patricia “Pat” Jackson (PJ): He again was very instrumental in making sure that the young adults were involved and that year the young adults choir was renamed the “F.R. Gilbert Voices of Joy.” So we have several pictures of that full choir with all of those young adults. Kathryn Wall (KW): Is that…

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On her work in the church (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): At the time that Reverend Gilbert was the minister, were you more involved in the church at that point in your own life? Pat Jackson (PJ): Yes, yes ‘77 [pause] I finished high school and stuff and [was] back at church and I can’t remember what, I don’t remember what I was doing. I…

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On pastors getting youth involved (clip)

Kathryn Wall: What kind of qualities in a pastor inspired young people to get involved, do you think? Patricia Jackson: I think anytime that you were a little, not so much liberal, but not so stuffed shirt and rigid. If you had, you know, just some charisma or some excitement about you or something,…

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 Dr. Marion Phillips - On his career at UNC and Dr. Stone

 Allen Buansi - On Education

"I really want my kids to first off, be good people, kind people, to be respectful of others, and to be advocates for themselves. I’m of course going to be their best advocate, along with their mother, my wife. But giving them the tools to be able to recognize when they themselves or others are…

 Rani Dasi - On Education

"I don’t love [the phrase] achievement gap cause I think we hear in literature that it’s not a question of effort it’s usually a question of access to resources." - Rani Dasi This interview is a part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center series on education. Rani Dassi is a member of the Chapel Hill…

 David Lyles - On his faith

"See, all you got to do is wait for the change. You have the faith that that change is gonna happen. I can’t see it, I can’t feel it, I can’t taste it, but I know it’s there and it’s coming possible for me." - David Lyles This interview is a part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s faith series. In…

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 Terrence Foushee - On his educational background (clip)

Terrence Foushee (TF): Alright so, first off I was educated here in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools starting at Frank Porter Graham for daycare and then transitioning to Sewell Elementary School for preschool through fifth grade. Actually through third grade, and I was part of the first class of…