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Exploring Blackwell - Amy Wentz
 

Amy Wentz, community advocate, co-founder of Richmond Black Restaurant Experience, and member of the Blackwell’s Voices Research Team, emphasizes the importance of formally recognizing contributions of our Black leaders. She specifically shares highlights about the life of James H. Blackwell, principal of the first African American school in Richmond.

 
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