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Minister Robert Campbell - On Growing Up a Mason (clip)

Interviewed by Hudson Vaughan on October 29, 2018

Minister Robert Campbell - On Growing Up a Mason (clip)

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Oral history interview of Campbell, Robert conducted by Vaughan, Hudson on October 29, 2018.

Citation: Marian Cheek Jackson Center, “Minister Robert Campbell - On Growing Up a Mason (clip),” From the Rock Wall, accessed September 13, 2026, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/minister-robert-campbell-on-growing-up-a-mason-clip.

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