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Successful Lecture Celebrating Black History Month in Colonial Beach, February 24, 2025

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Updated: Mar 12

The museum was honored to host the a lecture with our Guest Speaker Marian Veney Ashton, Executive Director of the A.T. Johnson Museum who spoke about the history of African American Labor in the Northern Neck & John Wesley Sutton (1897-1978) a biochemist and protégé of George Washington Carver, who exemplified the resilience and resourcefulness of African Americans.   



 
 

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