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Anita Spring Council - On her family and Mama Dip's Kitchen

Interviewed by Kathy; Wall, Kathryn Atwater on September 20, 2022

Anita Spring Council - On her family and Mama Dip's Kitchen

Oral history interview of Council, Anita Spring conducted by Atwater, Kathy; Wall, Kathryn on September 20, 2022 at Mama Dip's Business Office, Chapel Hill, NC.

Citation: Marian Cheek Jackson Center, “Anita Spring Council - On her family and Mama Dip's Kitchen,” From the Rock Wall, accessed December 23, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/anita-spring-council-on-her-family-and-mama-dips.

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