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Doris Bynum - On swimming in the creek (clip)

Interviewed by Hudson Vaughan and Lily Smith on April 2, 2010

Doris Bynum - On swimming in the creek (clip)

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Oral history interview of Bynum, Doris conducted by Vaughan, Hudson on April 2, 2010.

Citation: Marian Cheek Jackson Center, “Doris Bynum - On swimming in the creek (clip),” From the Rock Wall, accessed November 22, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/doris-bynum-on-swimming-in-the-creek.

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