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 Minister Robert Campbell - On Franklin Street (clip)

 Minister Robert Campbell - On his family history (clip)

 Minister Robert Campbell - On needs of the community (clip)

Adwoa Asare: Could you just tell us a little bit about who you are and what you’re involved in with the community? Minister Robert Campbell: Yes. I’m Minister Robert Campbell. I was ordained at Faith Tabernacle in the ’80s. I am the president of the Roger-Eubanks Neighborhood Association, co-chair…

 Minister Robert Campbell - On rafter (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 teaching for the future (clip)

 Minister Robert Campbell - On the brick bat (clip)

 Minister Robert Campbell - On the Ministerial Alliance (clip)

Minister Robert Campbell: The Ministerial Alliance in Chapel Hill and Carrboro have been very instrumental. Through it, the foundation of the Civil Rights Movement was really established. And under the mentoring of Dr. J. R. Manley and Rev. Foushee that was at St. Joseph Church during this time, and…

 Minister Robert Campbell - On the Swain house (clip)

 Minister Robert Campbell - On walls (clip)

 Minister Robert Campbell - Process of building (clip)

Robert Campbell: The first thing is you got to have your plans. You got to have your concept, so that you can basically make sure that you’ll be able to find all the material for that building and how far you might have to ship it. And I will say that fortunately for most of the construction that…

 Minister Robert Campbell - Signatures (clip)

Minister Robert Campbell: My grandfather used to put signatures in his house. You can easily find the one in Mr. Neville’s house. I haven’t been able to find that, but I know what I'm looking for. Those type of things let you see the ability, the craftiness…

 Minister Robert Campbell - Slinging bricks (clip)

Robert Campbell: Going back to constructing some of the houses. Uncle Leo and Uncle Handy and Uncle Bill taught us how to sling bricks. George Barrett: Ok. RC: Sling bricks. Sometimes you could take a flat board, almost like a paddle, you could throw the bricks up and somebody could catch them and…

 Minister Robert Campbell - Teaching others (clip)

Minister Robert Campbell: My grandfather and most of the builders were eager to be tutors and train other people how to do their type of work. It came in handy for us because we didn’t have to look for a summer job – because we already knew what we were going to be doing. We found out to have fun –…

 Minister Robert Lee Campbell - On the Role of Pastors as Leaders (clip)

Listen to Minister Robert Lee Campbell, of Faith Tabernacle Oasis of Love International Church, talk about the role of pastors as leaders in the community.

 Minnie James with her daughter Dolores Eunice Farrington

Mrs. Minnie James sits in St. Paul AME Church with her daughter, Mrs. Dolores Eunice Farrington, at the church's 134th anniversary in 1998. Photo courtesy of Arminta Foushee

 Miss Brianna Harrison

Daughter of Pastor Troy Harrison, Brianna grew up in the house where the Jackson Center is now located.

Miss Kelly's Store

"It was just a little meeting place. She just had a large room there. It was just a place you could go and communicate. A little place she had that after school you could go and dance. But no alcohol or nothing like that involved. Just was a place of communication." - Walter Durham Miss Kelly's…

Molly Hargraves

 Molly Hargraves

This interview is part of a group of interviews conducted by Susan Simone exploring the lives and struggle of various members of the Northside community: a historically black and primarily residential neighborhood located immediately northwest of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and…

Molly McConnell

 Molly Norwood dancing

 Monica Palmeira and Thomas Hoyt

 Monica Palmeira, Crister Brady, and Jasmine Farmer