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Roberts Settlement Unveils Legacy Walk

IMAGINE! BLACK PIONEERS campaign seeks $100K in public funding of Roberts Settlement Legacy Walk; $340,000 raised to date (Atlanta, Ind.) – Following a three-month successful fundraising effort among members of family, friends, and community supporters, plans for the Roberts Settlement Legacy Walk  were unveiled to the public on Thursday, February 23 at Bethel A.M.E. Church….
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Roberts Settlement Receives $75,000 From Preserving Black Churches

Hamilton County church among 35 sites awarded national grant funding from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund(Atlanta, Ind.) – The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (AACHAF), a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announced its award of $75,000 to Roberts Settlement for Preserving Black Churches.Roberts Settlement is one of 35 organizations…
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Well-Doing

Written and presented by Lucetta Roberts on Tuesday, June 2, 1891 for an Oratorical Contest at the Christian Church, Arcadia, IN.  She received thirteen congratulatory flower bouquets for her performance. There is scarcely a position in life where we cannot be of use to our fellowmen, if we will only exert ourselves.  There are none…
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