On This Day in West Virginia History, March 29th

March 29, 2023

Mountaineer News

Vintage West Virginia

Elsie Davis, Fannie Cobb Carter, and Ruth Norman, at a celebration honoring Carter's 100th birthday.

On March 29, 1973, African-American educator Fannie Cobb Carter died at the age of 100.

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