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Edwin Caldwell, Sr. - On his family and working at the DKE fraternity house

Interviewed by Kathryn Wall (Walbert) on May 12, 1995

“I try to live the best I can and do the best I can in church and my community and try to be a good citizen the best I know how and sometimes that’s hard to do.”

- Edwin Caldwell, Sr.

This interview is a part of an oral history project starting in 1982 in which Kathryn Wall interviews key people connected to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Caldwell is an African American man whose family has lived in Chapel Hill for several generations. The interview starts off with Mr. Caldwell detailing the history of the Caldwell family and their educational and work background in Chapel Hill. A majority of the interview is Mr. Caldwell reminiscing on his several decades spent working in the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity house just off of UNC’s campus.

Oral history interview of Caldwell Sr., Edwin conducted by Wall (Walbert), Kathryn on May 12, 1995 at Home of Edwin Caldwell, Sr., Chapel Hill, NC. Processed by Gorman, Jackie.

Citation: Southern Oral History Program, “Edwin Caldwell, Sr. - On his family and working at the DKE fraternity house,” From the Rock Wall, accessed November 21, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/edwin-caldwell-sr-may-1995.

Rights: Open for research. The Southern Oral History Program (SOHP) welcomes non-commercial use and access that qualifies as fair use to all unrestricted interview materials in the collection. The researcher must cite and give proper credit to the SOHP. The SOHP requests that the researcher informs the SOHP as to how and where they are using the material.

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