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 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On church history (clip)

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On 1983 membership rolls (clip)

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On keeping birth and death records (clip)

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On current members of St. Joseph (clip)

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On past church attendance (clip)

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On Rev. Gilbert's acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community (clip)

 Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On LGBTQ+ people in the cosmetology and music industries (clip)

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Yvonne Cleveland

Yvonne Cleveland is the Director of Operations at the Jackson Center. She relocated from Brooklyn, NY to Chapel Hill, NC in 1989. She is a dedicated member of St. Joseph C.M.E.—where she teaches Sunday School and is an active member of the Voices of Joy choir. Yvonne believes the Jackson Center…

 Yvonne Cleveland

Michelle Rolanda Brown

Michelle Rolanda Brown (MRB) is the Director of Developm at the Jackson Center. MRB came to Chapel Hill as a student in 2014 and remained in the Triangle area following graduation in 2018 in order to continue work with the Silent Sam Movement. Following the monument’s toppling, MRB served as a…

 Michelle Rolanda Brown

Lillie Atwater

 Lillie Atwater

 Dr. Marion Phillips - On his career at UNC and Dr. Stone

 Allen Buansi - On Education

"I really want my kids to first off, be good people, kind people, to be respectful of others, and to be advocates for themselves. I’m of course going to be their best advocate, along with their mother, my wife. But giving them the tools to be able to recognize when they themselves or others are…

 Rani Dasi - On Education

"I don’t love [the phrase] achievement gap cause I think we hear in literature that it’s not a question of effort it’s usually a question of access to resources." - Rani Dasi This interview is a part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center series on education. Rani Dassi is a member of the Chapel Hill…

 David Lyles - On his faith

"See, all you got to do is wait for the change. You have the faith that that change is gonna happen. I can’t see it, I can’t feel it, I can’t taste it, but I know it’s there and it’s coming possible for me." - David Lyles This interview is a part of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s faith series. In…

 Anissa McLendon

 Terrence Foushee - On his educational background (clip)

Terrence Foushee (TF): Alright so, first off I was educated here in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools starting at Frank Porter Graham for daycare and then transitioning to Sewell Elementary School for preschool through fifth grade. Actually through third grade, and I was part of the first class of…

 Terrence Foushee - On his favorite teachers (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): Did you, in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School System, have any teachers that really stand out to you? Terrence Foushee (TF): Yeah, so at the preschool level I loved my preschool teacher, her name is skipping me right now, but I just remember her being an incredibly nice teacher. One…

 Terrence Foushee - On teaching English (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): Do you remember, all those English teachers that had an impact, what was it about English that kind of captured your imagination, what did they do that sparked that love of the language and literature? Terrence Foushee (TF): I think that's an interesting question, especially…

 Terrence Foushee - On maintaining boundaries (clip)

Kathryn Wall (KW): You mentioned that a few of the teachers had that combination of being like loving and nurturing on one side, and a little more stern and strict on the other side. What do you think that does for kids in the classroom? Terrence Foushee (TF): So, I think interestingly enough I just…

 Terrence Foushee - On the E3 camp (clip)

Terrence Foushee (TF): …because last week I had a chance to be a chaperone for the E3 camp run by Ms. Anissa McLendon. And she is giving middle school and high school Black youth a wonderful opportunity to explore and learn about science, and they go on field trips all the time, but she don’t play…