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Genealogist and teachers team up to teach Black history in Lawnside, New Jersey

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Teachers Black History Month, in Lawnside, NJ. Genealogist, teachers and a retired teacher teamed up to teach history to Lawnside students in their own backyard. Each week, the students receive postcards of famous people and places in the historic Black community.

Patricia Cobia, 3rd grade teacher using postcards with information about the historic Peter Mott House in Lawnside, NJ.
Patricia Cobia, 3rd grade teacher using postcards with information about the historic Peter Mott House in Lawnside, NJ.Read moreALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer
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