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Northside News Volume III, Edition 9

Citation: “Northside News Volume III, Edition 9,” From the Rock Wall, accessed July 7, 2022, https://fromtherockwall.org/documents/northside-news-volume-iii-edition-9.

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Willis Farrington

Born and raised in Northside, Reverend Willis Farrington recounts the community of Northside and the Roberson Street Community Center as his childhood home. As an integral individual in Northside, the community supported his decision to become a minister and lead jail and street ministries. Now,…

Troy Harrison

Albert Washington

"[My son] went in the Navy first, and when he came out of the Navy, he went to work for us. And I would put him on the hardest thing on the job, and that’s why he’s such a brick mason, such a good mason. Every corner or curve that I had, I would put him on." - Albert Washington

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 Willis Fearrington Leads Vigil

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 Albert Washington - On his business, church, and growing up in Northside

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