John N Smith Cemetery Resoration and Preservation Inc Print

star-24px 2021 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

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Diversity and inclusion
An outdoor museum within a historic African American cemetery will provide visitors and residents a way to apprecate the contributions made by Black residents.

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