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 Hilliard Caldwell - R.D. Smith and other influential teachers (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - How teachers talked about segregation (clip)

Interviewer: How would your teachers teach you to deal with the society? Hilliard Caldwell: They said it’s wrong. We know it’s wrong, but this is the way the South is. This is the way society is here. That there would be two separate schools. That we have two separate churches and there will be…

 Hilliard Caldwell - Contradictions between civics education and segregation (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Dedication of teachers and his grades (clip)

Interviewer: Tell me more about the Black schools that you grew up in, not just when you were in high school but even before that. What were they like? What did that mean for you? Hilliard Caldwell: It meant that… I have to admit that we had darn good teachers. They cared. They were genuine. They…

 Hilliard Caldwell - Teachers in the community, integration (clip)

Hilliard Caldwell: Teachers lived in the community. Teachers attended churches of their choice within the Black community. Parents had a chance to see teachers, not necessarily at school. Teachers also attended the churches in their community. That is not the case today. A large contingency of our…

 Hilliard Caldwell - Churches, Schools, PTA (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Living in rented homes (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Punishment and role of school (clip)

Hilliard Caldwell: Child abuse was never mentioned. It was not even a word. Abuse was not even mentioned back in those days. We got many a [unclear.] And as Eddie Murphy used to say in one of his jokes, that his mom used to whup him and said, the louder he cried the louder she whupped. And he said,…

 Hilliard Caldwell - Childcare while mother worked (clip)

Interviewer: Do you remember after your father died, which was during the war, and your mother having to raise the four of you on her own, that meant that she must have been working a lot, do you have any memory of what her hours of work would be? Hilliard Caldwell: She would be gone all day. She’d…

 Hilliard Caldwell - Mother’s domestic work (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Janitor’s association (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Fraternity work (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - His parents (clip)

Interviewer: I’m going to try to get straight on a few of the things that he’s already mentioned. Could you tell me your birth date? Hilliard Caldwell: February 26, 1937 Interviewer: Were you born at home? Hospital? Hilliard Caldwell: Yes, I was one of those home babies attended to by a midwife back…

 Hilliard Caldwell - Career in public administration (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Brothers in law enforcement (clip)

Hilliard Caldwell: My brothers’ backgrounds are varied. The leading career in my family was law enforcement. I have two brothers who have many years of law enforcement experience. One of the older brothers was the first full-time Black policeman in Chapel Hill. Interviewer: Who was that? Hilliard…

 Hilliard Caldwell - Introductions (clip)

 Terrence Foushee - Sharing his appreciation (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): Is there anything you’d like to add before we wrap up? Terrence Foushee (TF): One, I definitely appreciated this conversation because there are so many things that I got to think about and I really just want to show appreciation for a lot of the teachers, a lot of the Black women…

 Terrence Foushee - On finding balance as a teacher (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): If you [Gillian] have any questions, I’d love for you to jump in, and also, if there’s anything you [Terrence Foushee] want to add before we wrap up that would be great. Gillian Kepley (GK): You had mentioned a while ago about your sleep schedule, and stuff like that, when you…

 Terrence Foushee - On eliminating the achievement gap (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): … in part to try to address the achievement gap, what else do you think needs to happen in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools system to reduce that gap and eliminate that gap in the future? Terrence Foushee (TF): What I think, and I don’t know how this happens, but it’s the…

 Terrence Foushee - On relationship building and service projects (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): What do you love about this role? Terrence Foushee (TF): I love a lot of things about this role. One, I get to experience what I might consider like life-changing moments with them. And in the classroom I loved, I used to love seeing their “Aha!” moments. But in this role, it…

 Terrence Foushee - On Blue Ribbon Scholars (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): What kinds of things do the Blue Ribbon Scholars who have the individual mentors, what sorts of the things do they tend to, what are some of the things that they do together, with their mentor? Terrence Foushee (TF): A lot of times the mentors bring their scholars, and it also…

 Terrence Foushee - On the history of the Blue Ribbon Program (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): Can you tell me about the Blue Ribbon Program and how it came to be and what all it entails? Terrence Foushee (TF): I think that the Blue Ribbon Mentor Advocacy Program started in ‘95 with the main goal of closing the achievement gap. The program is an opportunity access program…

 Terrence Foushee - On teaching at Northwood (clip)

Terrence Foushee (TF): I taught at Northwood for about 8 and a half years. Kathryn Wall (KW): Did you go from that to a different school to teach English or to a different role? TF: I transitioned to the job that I’m in now, and that is the Blue Ribbon Specialist for the Blue Ribbon Mentor Advocate…

 Terrence Foushee - On his first year of teaching (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): Do you remember your first day in the classroom as a teacher? Terrence Foushee (TF): I don’t even know! So I remember my room. I remember that my first year, that I had to share my room with another teacher but it was a blur. I know that I was sweating profusely and that it was a…