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Pernella Anderson
1903–1980
United States
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Pernella Mae Center Anderson (1903–1980) was an African American interviewer for the Federal Writers' Project. She was from El Dorado, Arkansas. She was the only African American woman in Arkansas to interview former slaves.
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