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Community - South County
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Published
03/05/09
Carter Woodson was the son of former slaves and the second black man to earn an advanced degree from Harvard University (W.E.B. DuBois was the first). He has left all Americans with a lasting legacy - he is widely credited with founding Black History Month. 
Mitchelle Stephenson — For The Capital
Dance instructor Erica Cornish, center, teaches Clarice Karnette, left, and Mattie Jones, right, "Cou-cou," a West African dance at the South County Senior Center in Edgewater. The center hosted an African American Heritage Day event last Wednesday.Find Us On Facebook
In Edgewater last week, Mattie Jones continued Woodson's mission by organizing and hosting an African American Heritage Day event at the South County Senior Center. "When I went to school, I never learned about black history," Mattie said. She wanted to host the event at the center in order to help educate and inform the seniors who frequent the...
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