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Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On St. Joseph CME Church from 1974-1983
Interviewed by Kathryn Wall on September 26, 2023
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Tags: St. Joseph CME Church, St. Joseph CME Church 1974-1977, St. Joseph CME Church 1977-1979, St. Joseph CME Church 1979-1983
Oral history interview of Jackson, Patricia "Pat" conducted by Wall, Kathryn on September 26, 2023 at St. Joseph CME Church, Chapel Hill, NC.
Citation: Marian Cheek Jackson Center, “Patricia "Pat" Jackson - On St. Joseph CME Church from 1974-1983,” From the Rock Wall, accessed September 8, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/patricia-pat-jackson-on-st-joseph-cme-church-from-1974-1983.
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