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Janie Alston - On activities and events at Hargraves (clip)

Interviewed on August 12, 2022

Janie Alston describes nursery school and Girl Scouts at Hargraves and talks about a going-away party held for her there when she was 14 and moving out of the area.

Janie Alston - On activities and events at Hargraves (clip)

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

Citation: Marian Cheek Jackson Center, “Janie Alston - On activities and events at Hargraves (clip),” From the Rock Wall, accessed December 22, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/janie-alston-on-activities-and-events-at-hargraves-clip.

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