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Freda Andrews - teaching during the civil rights movement (clip)

Interviewed by Beryl Bortey and Caroline Englert on October 10, 2018

Freda Andrews - teaching during the civil rights movement (clip)

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Oral history interview of Andrews, Freda conducted by Bortey, Beryl on October 10, 2018.

Citation: “Freda Andrews - teaching during the civil rights movement (clip),” From the Rock Wall, accessed December 22, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/freda-andrews-teaching-during-the-civil-rights-movement.

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