Professor Emeritus, UNC Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
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- "An Overview of Race and the Church"
Dr. Reginald Hildebrand, Community in the Heart of Christ, March 5, 2017
- 2017 oral history interview
March 27, 2017 interview with Reginald Hildebrand by Charlotte Fryar, Southern Oral History Program.
Reginald F. Hildebrand, former associate professor of African American studies and history at UNC, discussing the importance of the Southern Historical Collection for UNC and African-American studies, and his role in helping to diversify the collections and outreach initiatives. He reflects on some of his colleagues in the departments of history and African and African American Studies, and the changes in class composition and instruction from his first teaching role in 1981. He expresses his criticism of the Unsung Founders monument, which he describes as dishonorable to the people of color it is supposed to honor. Hildebrand supported the student movements that have critiqued institutionalized racism on campus in building names and monuments, and is also highly critical of the Confederate monument, Silent Sam. Hildebrand describes the events of UNC's academic-athletic scandal, highlighting its effects on the department of African and African American Studies, especially the students in that department that had not been enrolled in fake classes, whom he calls the collateral damage. He places the direct blame for academic fraud with the former chair of the department, Julius Nyang’oro, and the department’s administrative assistant, Debbie Crowder, but also describes in detail the cultural, societal, and economic pressures around college athletics as playing a significant role in the creation of fake classes. [from the SOHP abstract)
- Additonal presentations
- Black Alumni Reunion 1995 Faculty Staff Award
- Carolina celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Emilie Poplett, University Communications, Monday, January 21st, 2019
Reginald Hildebrand was the Keynote speaker during the 34th annual University/Community Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Banquet and Award Presentation.
- Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward hosts first webinar in Unsung Founders series
Malak Dridi, Daily Tar Heel, October 24, 2021
In the first of a two-part webinar series, the Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward discussed the original motivation for the Unsung Founders Memorial and community responses from the time of the memorial's creation to its dedication. The webinar, held Oct. 18, 2021 featured several panelists, including Dr. Reginald Hildebrand.
- From The Rock Wall
Prof. H, as he is fondly known, is pictured here in front of his church, St. Paul AME. Founded in 1864, St. Paul has marked the corner of Chapel Hill and Carrboro for over 150 years. As St. Paul anticipates a new church campus in the Rogers Road area, the future of the “little red church on the corner” is in question. Prof. Hildebrand is a vital advocate for learning and commemorating African-American heritage across North Carolina and has generously served as a member of the Northside Compass Group.
- North Carolina Freedom Park
Dr. Hildebrand is a member of the North Carolina Freedom Park board.
- Preserving the histories of remarkable people
The article is the second on the linked webpage.
- Reginald Hildebrand Goes Deeper On The Importance Of The Black Church In The Carolinas
Gwendolyn Glenn, WFAE, February 19, 2021
For many Black people over the years, the church has been seen as a place they could always count on, a protector. Reginald Hildebrand, a retired UNC Chapel Hill and Durham Tech history professor, is featured in the PBS series exploring the history of the Black church, hosted by historian and filmmaker Henry Louis Gates.. Hildebrand says the protective role of the Black church is somewhat missing now, with most churches closed due to the pandemic as challenges persist.
- The Church in the Southern Black Community
(Reginald Hildebrand is a scholarly adviser.)