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 Hilliard Caldwell - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill (Interview Two)

"I was about 23, and I was married, and even my mom said, 'you ought not to be doing that,' and I said, 'Well, I’m sorry mom, but we have to.'" - Hilliard Caldwell Hilliard Caldwell, a Black activist in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area during the Civil Rights movement, explains his role in the…

 Hilliard Caldwell - On the African American freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill (Interview One)

“It was hard times, but it was good times. It was hard times, but it was fair times. It was hard times, but we appreciated what was there. We appreciated our parents, we appreciated the school structure, the community structure, the church structure. All of these were important components of growing…

 Hilliard Caldwell - Not allowing the white structure to control the Civil Rights Movement in Chapel Hill (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Mother’s second marriage (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Mother’s domestic work (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Mary Mason and Harold Foster (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Living in rented homes (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Liberal white citizens in Chapel Hill (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Learning Black history, Brown v. Board of Education (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Late 1950s activism as PTA president to advocate for a safe crossing over a creek on the way to the school (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Janitor’s association (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Introductions (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Interaction between white and Black students in 1955-1956 at the Campus Y (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 - 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 - Harold Foster and his leadership ability (clip)

Interviewer: Tell me when did you first get to know Harold Foster? Hilliard Caldwell: I was a senior, and he was a freshman, I think. If I’m not mistaken, if I look at my high school newspaper for some reason it was either Harold or Mary Mason always had superlatives. Interviewer: You always had…

 Hilliard Caldwell - Greensboro Sit-Ins and first sit-ins in Chapel Hill (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Grandma Flacks on the way to Northside School (clip)

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

 Hilliard Caldwell - Class size in schools and economic class divisions in the community (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Churches, Schools, PTA (clip)

 Hilliard Caldwell - Church as food for thought (clip)