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Photographs of Ben Johnson taken at the Town Common, Greenville, N.C., accompanied by an oral history interview, for the Beyond Bricks and Mortar project. Johnson's grandmother Caroline Forbes Johnson was probably one of the original members of the Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Although Johnson lived in the Rock Spring area, he attended C.M. Eppes after the third grade and recalls that his schoolmates walked to school from their homes in downtown. He remembers receiving medical treatment at Dr. Smith's wood frame hospital. He has fond memories of his grandfather Ben Johnson and remarks on his joyful personality. Interviewer: Heather White.
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