CLARKSBURG, W.Va (WDTV) – The West Virginia Black Heritage Festival Foundation is hosting a Black history exhibit at the Kelly Miller Community Building. The organizer Cathy Burley says it’s important to keep Black history alive.
“It’s very important to keep it alive, they trying to remove it from the history books, we have to keep our culture out there for the next generation to see where we came from and where they’re going to,” said Burley.
The setup covers numerous moments in Black history from investors to civil rights leaders, the Tuskegee airmen and more.
“Like, you say from the Civil Rights Movement to the military back then. We also have stuff from local people in Clarksburg and West Virginia things,” said Burley.
The Black history showcase will be open Wednesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to stop by
“This American history – not just Black history we have to see where we came from and where are going and I am here to share the information,” said Burley.
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