Athol Daily News - Community to honor local women who laid f

ATHOL — On April 2, a ceremony will be held at the Silver Lake Pavilion to honor two area women who founded what is now known as Spelman College, the oldest all-women’s historically Black college or university in the country. The event will take...

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