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2018 Legacy Day
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2018 Legacy Day

A group of teenagers
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A group of teenagers

A group of young men and women
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A group of young men and women

A Man Fishing
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A Man Fishing

A man fishing
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A man fishing

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Airlee Ringgold Johnson talking to her Aunt Minnie Hutchins

Andrew and Louella Hynson
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Andrew and Louella Hynson

Baby on a chair 1966
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Baby on a chair 1966

Beverly Murray (cousin of Monica Graves).
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Beverly Murray (cousin of Monica Graves).

Biography of Viola Walley Graves, grandmother of LaMonte Cooke
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Biography of Viola Walley Graves, grandmother of LaMonte Cooke

Black and white photo of a group having a meal together
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Black and white photo of a group having a meal together

Black and white photo of a woman with two girls in front of a Christmas tree
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Black and white photo of a woman with two girls in front of a Christmas tree

Brain Graves, son of Charlie Graves, at home in Quaker Estates, circa 1969
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Brain Graves, son of Charlie Graves, at home in Quaker Estates, circa 1969

Brian Graves and Margo Murray (cousin to Monica Graves) standing in front of the Uptown Club.
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Brian Graves and Margo Murray (cousin to Monica Graves) standing in front of the Uptown Club.

Carla Hynson with Family Members Peggy Blake and Irene Moore at her UMBC College Graduation
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Carla Hynson with Family Members Peggy Blake and Irene Moore at her UMBC College Graduation

Charles Graves and his granddaughter Tonya Waters
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Charles Graves and his granddaughter Tonya Waters

Charlie Graves and Family, first home in Quaker Estates.
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Charlie Graves and Family, first home in Quaker Estates.

Charlie Graves and wife Hilda Graves, circa 1954
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Charlie Graves and wife Hilda Graves, circa 1954

Charlie Graves behind bar at Uptown Club, prior to demolition day 1988
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Charlie Graves behind bar at Uptown Club, prior to demolition day 1988

Charlie Graves in Club, prior to demolition day 1988
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Charlie Graves in Club, prior to demolition day 1988

Charlie Graves Uptown Club exterior on Calvert Street Chestertown MD
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Charlie Graves Uptown Club exterior on Calvert Street Chestertown MD

Charlie Graves, owner, installing a sign in the Uptown Club.
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Charlie Graves, owner, installing a sign in the Uptown Club.

Children of Charlie Graves - from the left: Monica Graves-age 3, Brian Graves-age 10, Karen Graves age 11
months. Circa 1960
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Children of Charlie Graves - from the left: Monica Graves-age 3, Brian Graves-age 10, Karen Graves age 11 months. Circa 1960

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Cholette Jennings, LaMonte Cooke, and Michael Stockman (daughter and brother of LaMonte Cooke at the Rochester Family Reunion, 2017

Community Action Team event
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Community Action Team event

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Daily Journal of Mrs. Clara Anderson, 1944

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Daily Journal of Mrs. Clara Anderson, 1950

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Donald and Edwin Shirley with their brothers and nephews

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Donald Shirley, LaMonte Cooke's aunt Iris Shirley, Patricia Ann Battle Shirley, and relatives of Dr. Edwin Shirley

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Dorothy "Dottie" Hutchins

Elaine and James Earl Hamilton dancing
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Elaine and James Earl Hamilton dancing

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Ella Mae Douglass Blake, Anne Douglas Bordley, Thelma Deaton, Janet Rochester, Henry Demaine, Frances Cane Moody, Helen Shorter, Delores Tiller Ashley

Family Hanging Out in the Kitchen, August 1953
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Family Hanging Out in the Kitchen, August 1953

Family Members Attending Carla Hynson's College Graduation at UMBC
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Family Members Attending Carla Hynson's College Graduation at UMBC

Family portrait photo
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Family portrait photo

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Formal couple portrait photo

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