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When told that Black people have no history, Charles Blockson set out to prove his grade school teacher wrong

A 1942 classroom with old-style wooden desks, a chalkboard, and a large, blown-up grade-school class photo showing Charles L. Blockson one of only a handful of Black children in a predominantly white group greets you early in the exhibition. ....

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Told that Black people have no history, a child begins a lifelong mission

A gallery in Montgomery County is celebrating the life and work of Charles L. Blockson, who set out to prove his teacher wrong. ....

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