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 Rani Dasi - On being homeschooled (clip)

 Rani Dasi - What her mother taught her about education (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On going from homeschool to public school (clip)

 Rani Dasi - Why education should be accessible (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On teachers who inspired her (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On her college experience (clip)

 Rani Dasi - From being an engineer to working in finance (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On why she ran for the school board (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On her involvement in her children's education (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On CHCCS resources and community coalitions (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On her first year as a CHCCS board member (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On her primary focus(es) as a CHCCS board member (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On fair teacher compensation (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On school repair funding (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On upcoming school renovations (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On the polarization of education (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On trusting and investing in teachers (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On language immersion programs (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On state mandates (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On charter schools vs. public schools (clip)

 Rani Dasi - On pursuing a "we" mentality (clip)

 Betsy Battle Davis - On her childhood, education, and career with the WIC program

This interview is part of a project done in fall 2015 and spring 2016, conducted by SOHP undergraduate interns with members of the Black Pioneers, the first African American students to attend and integrate UNC-Chapel Hill from 1952 to 1972. Betsy Davis begins the interview by reflecting on her…

 Cecilia Davis - On growing up in Raleigh and teaching at Lincoln High

This interview is part of an oral history project called Southern Communities: Listening for a Change: Mighty Tigers--Oral HIstories of Chapel Hill's Lincoln High School. The interviewes were conducted from 2000-2001, by Bob Gilgor, with former teachers, staff, and students from Chapel Hill, N.C.'s…

 John Ray Davis - On his childhood, education, and school integration

This interview is part of a project conducted by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate and undergraduate students in a 2001 oral history course. Topics include Chapel Hill's efforts to end racial segregation in the public schools; the process of creating integrated institutions; and…