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 Minister Robert Campbell - Ask your wife (clip)

Minister Robert Campbell: “Well, it all depends on the function. A residential home uses smaller rocks, a commercial type you have bigger rocks. And you can actually see that the rocks at Hargraves are a little bigger than the rocks that you see on the rock houses on Graham and Moore Street. And so…

 Minister Robert Campbell

 Minister Robert Campbell

 Min. Robert Campbell - On the rewards of RENA's community engagement (clip)

 Min. Robert Campbell - On the rabbit and the turtle race (clip)

 Min. Robert Campbell - On the importance of the youth's conduct (clip)

 Min. Robert Campbell - On the impact of youth's involvement in RENA (clip)

 Min. Robert Campbell - On the community of Black builders (clip)

Minister Robert Campbell: There were, there were times where there were a lot of brick masons here in Chapel Hill, people of color. The thing is, once you begin to teach skills and then it came, it came a time, and that time did not change back until I will say… around about the later part of the…

 Min. Robert Campbell - On lessons from the Navy (clip)

 Min. Robert Campbell - On how community events unites people with differences (clip)

 Min. Robert Campbell - On how community engagement improves quality of life (clip)

 Min. Robert Campbell - On his fifty-seven year pursuit of bridging divides between races (clip)

 Min. Robert Campbell - On community activism through RENA (clip)

 Min. Robert Campbell - Encourages youth to know their history to build a better future (clip)

Min. Robert Campbell

"We want our young people to have a sense of worth in this, to have a value about who they are, and not to limit yourself because of your stature because your imagination and your desire can carry you above your stature." - Min. Robert Campbell Min. Robert "Peter" Campbell grew up in Northside. Many…

 Mildred Council - On her mother (clip)

 Mildred Council - On her family, segregation, restaurant business, and Head Start

"“[I don’t think] that there would be anything that I would have done differently. I really don’t." - Mildred Council This interview was recorded in 1994 for the Southern Oral History Program. Mildred Council, born in Chatham County in 1929, is the owner of Mama Dip’s Kitchen in Chapel Hill. She…

 Mildred Council - On food, business, and Mama Dip's

Food is inextricably woven into Mildred Council’s life story. She grew up on a farm outside of Chapel Hill and cooked mostly out of necessity, and her main concerns were cost and practicality. She started learning from her father when she was nine years old, and as she grew up she held different…

Mildred Council

"All of us cooked except one. And we learned how by eyes, you know." - Mildred Council

 Mildred "Mama Dip" Council Wins NC Small Business Person of the Year

Mildred "Mama Dip" Council won North Carolina's Small Businessperson of the Year in 2002 and came in third runner-up in the national contest. Along with her daughter Anita Spring Council, Mrs. Council traveled to the White House in Washington DC to meet President George W. Bush. She also received…

 Mildred "Mama Dip" Council Enjoys Food at Mama Dip's Kitchen

"People always said 'If you eat your own food it must be good.'" - Anita Spring Council Mildred "Mama Dip" Council enjoys some of her own food in the kitchen of Mama Dip's Kitchen. Photos courtesy of Anita Spring Council

Midway Business District

"I’ve heard stories from people that were around when there were Black owned businesses and most people that owned those businesses were family members or they knew the kid’s parents. It was really easy for them to come in and just hang around and don’t have to worry about safety or…

Midway Barber Shop

Stephen Edwards opened the Midway Barber Shop in 1952.

 Michelle Rolanda Brown