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Willis Farrington - On renaming Hargraves Community Center (clip)

Interviewed by Alexander Stephens on October 18, 2011

Willis Farrington - On renaming Hargraves Community Center (clip)

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Oral history interview of Farrington, Willis conducted by Stephens, Alexander on October 18, 2011.

Citation: Marian Cheek Jackson Center, “Willis Farrington - On renaming Hargraves Community Center (clip),” From the Rock Wall, accessed December 22, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/willis-farrington-on-renaming-hargraves-community-center.

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