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 Mildred Council - On her mother (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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 Minister Robert Campbell

 Minister Robert Campbell

 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 - Blueprints (clip)

Minister Robert Campbell: We did blueprints. It was easy to do the sketches first, because you could say well, this is what we got, do we want the storage room a little bit bigger? So, it gave people the opportunity to change their minds. Do you want the front and back door to be centered, or do you…

 Minister Robert Campbell - Buff and shine (clip)

 Minister Robert Campbell - Buildings constructed by family (clip)

Robert Campbell: There are several homes, if you take the long journey around. There are some houses on Jones Ferry Road. It all depends on what end of Jones Ferry Road you start on. If you start over there by Terry’s Creek, you’ll see some of his handiwork. But over here in Chapel Hill there’s…

 Minister Robert Campbell - Campbell building style (clip)

Minister Robert Campbell: Well, looking at the texture of the craftsmanship of the house you can see, as I said, you know, Handy’s signature and Bill’s signature is that it’s good. I mean, they wasn’t boastful but, it had to be something that not only they were proud of, but the person who hired…

 Minister Robert Campbell - Family history (clip)

Robert Campbell: He was our inspiration. Sometimes sitting around telling the tales about growing up and the things they had to endure – I think it just made him a more persistent and stronger person, and in doing so, to teach his children as well as his grandchildren how to fend for themselves. If…

 Minister Robert Campbell - Ingenuity (clip)

Minister Robert Campbell: My cousin Gloria – my grandfather was teaching us all how to be a part of the work he was doing – she also helped put that wall together. She also made a different mixture of concrete – well, cement – with a mixture of lime in it. There’s a rock in there, it’s huge, and…

 Minister Robert Campbell - Inspiration (clip)

Robert Campbell: He was our inspiration. Sometimes sitting around telling the tales about growing up and the things they had to endure – I think it just made him a more persistent and stronger person, and in doing so, to teach his children as well as his grandchildren how to fend for themselves. If…

 Minister Robert Campbell - Money in the ground (clip)