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 David Caldwell, Jr. - On visitors from China touring the Rogers-Eubanks community (clip)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 Kalee McClain - On her volunteer work at RENA (clip)

 Dianne Peerman Pledger - On working at the A.D. Clark Pool (clip)

Ms. Pledger describes her friend Susan Perry working as a lifeguard at the pool while she worked the front desk for several summers in the 1970s. She also discusses learning how to swim.

 Spring Council - On diving at the pool (clip)

Spring Council describes getting up on the diving board at A.D. Clark pool, but not being able to jump.

 Spring Council - On recycling bottles (clip)

Spring Council remembers collecting bottles to recycle for cash to spend at the pool.

 Eugene C. Hines, Jr. - On swimming and lifeguards (clip)

Mr. Hines describes getting sick from swimming in the creek. He also talks about needing to be saved by a lifeguard on a church trip to a pool. He later became a lifeguard and describes his own experiences.

 Lorie Clark - On A.D. Clark Pool (clip)

Describes her gratitude for the pool, which is named after her great uncle, Uncle Dot.

 Veronita Hargraves - On her family's legacy at Hargraves (clip)

Ms. Hargraves explains that she didn’t know her father Billy, for whom Hargraves Center was named. She describes the legacy for her family and her pride in knowing how the Hargraves Center and the pool have impacted the community.

 Carolyn Briggs - On the construction of the A.D. Clark Pool and lifeguards (clip)

Carolyn Briggs describes writing essays in school to convince people to build the pool. She also describes being saved from drowning in the pool and remembers several of the lifeguards at A.D. Clark Pool.

 Cynthia Edwards-Paschall - On hanging out at Hargraves (clip)

She remembers Hargraves as her “second home” and a safe place to be. She describes staying at the pool all day until her fingers and toes were like raisins.

 Judy Hines - On returning to the community (clip)

She describes coming back to the community and seeing so many people she knew as a child and talks about Ms. Lucille at Hargraves. “You didn’t play with Ms. Lucille.”

 Janie Alston - On activities and events at Hargraves (clip)

Janie Alston describes nursery school and Girl Scouts at Hargraves and talks about a going-away party held for her there when she was 14 and moving out of the area.

 Keely Hargraves - On learning how to swim (clip)

Keely Hargraves recalls learning to swim at Hargraves when she was nine years old.

 Kelven Hargraves - On memories and changes at Hargraves (clip)

Kelven Hargraves remembers attending nursery school and playing sports at Hargraves and the changes he has seen at the Center since the days when it had an orange dirt path instead of a sidewalk. He talks about the Center giving young people in the Black community a safe place to go to play and…

Dianne Peerman Pledger