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Esphur and Harold Foster - Nothing Without Our History

Interviewed by Hudson Vaughan on April 1, 2010

Esphur and Harold Foster - Nothing Without Our History

Oral history interview of Esphur and Harold Foster conducted by Hudson Vaughan on April 1, 2010.

Citation: Marian Cheek Jackson Center, “Esphur and Harold Foster - Nothing Without Our History,” From the Rock Wall, accessed June 1, 2023, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/esphur-and-harold-foster-nothing-without-our-history.

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