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Patricia "Pat" Jackson - Introductions (clip)

Interviewed by Kathryn Wall on November 1, 2022

Kathryn Wall (KW): Alright, this is Kathryn Wall from the Marian Cheek Jackson Center. We are here at Saint Joseph’s CME Church on November 1st, 2022.

Patricia “Pat” Jackson (PJ): I am Pat Jackson. I have the privilege of speaking with the archivist team this morning at Saint Joseph’s CME Church here in Chapel Hill.

Jackson Devadas (JD): I’m Jackson Devadas, the capstone student with the Jackson Center.

Anna Spencer (AS): And I’m Anna Spencer, also with the Jackson Center.

KW: All right. So, we have been scanning images and hearing about the pastors at Saint Joseph’s. So today we are up to Reverend Foushee. So, to start off, by telling me what you know about Reverend Warren Foushee?

Patricia "Pat" Jackson - Introductions (clip)

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Oral history interview of Jackson, Patricia "Pat" conducted by Wall, Kathryn on November 1, 2022 at St. Joseph CME Church, Chapel Hill, NC.

Citation: Marian Cheek Jackson Center, “Patricia "Pat" Jackson - Introductions (clip),” From the Rock Wall, accessed October 22, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/patricia-pat-jackson-introductions-clip-2.

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