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Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On St. Joseph CME Church from 1967-1970
Interviewed by Kathryn Wall on January 31, 2023
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Tags: Rev. Thomas L. Hoyt Jr., St. Joseph CME Church, St. Joseph CME Church 1967-1970
Oral history interview of Jackson, Patricia "Pat" conducted by Wall, Kathryn on January 31, 2023 at St. Joseph CME Church, Chapel Hill, NC.
Citation: Marian Cheek Jackson Center, “Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On St. Joseph CME Church from 1967-1970,” From the Rock Wall, accessed August 2, 2025, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/patricia-pat-jackson-on-st-joseph-cme-church-from-1967-1970.
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