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Oral history with Richard Dozier, contributions from Joe Rigsby, 23 February
2024, on the Harbison Development Corporation (Harbison, S.C.). Richard
Franklin Dozier is an African American Presbyterian minister, born 30 May
1942 in Saluda, S.C. He completed a bachelor's degree at Johnson C. Smith
University in 1964, and graduated from Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary
in 1967. He served Northminster Presbyterian Church (Columbia, S.C.) from its
organization in 1967 until 2011. From 1968 to 1983 he and Jim Costen led the
Harbison Development Corporation, a land-development corporation for the new
community of Harbison, S.C.