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Spring Council - On the Hargraves Center, A.D. Clark Pool, and her mother

Interviewed by Kathryn Wall on April 13, 2026

Spring Council - On the Hargraves Center, A.D. Clark Pool, and her mother

Oral history interview of Council, Spring conducted by Wall, Kathryn on April 13, 2026 at Marian Cheek Jackson Center, Chapel Hill, NC.

Citation: Marian Cheek Jackson Center, “Spring Council - On the Hargraves Center, A.D. Clark Pool, and her mother,” From the Rock Wall, accessed September 13, 2026, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/spring-council-on-the-hargraves-center-ad-clark-pool-and-her-mother.

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