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Carolyn Briggs - On the construction of the A.D. Clark Pool and lifeguards (clip)

Interviewed on August 12, 2022

Carolyn Briggs describes writing essays in school to convince people to build the pool. She also describes being saved from drowning in the pool and remembers several of the lifeguards at A.D. Clark Pool.

Carolyn Briggs - On the construction of the A.D. Clark Pool and lifeguards (clip)

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Oral history interview of Briggs, Carolyn on August 12, 2022 at Hargraves Center, Chapel Hill, NC.

Citation: Marian Cheek Jackson Center, “Carolyn Briggs - On the construction of the A.D. Clark Pool and lifeguards (clip),” From the Rock Wall, accessed November 21, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/carolyn-briggs-on-the-construction-of-the-ad-clark-pool-and-lifeguards-clip.

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