To celebrate Black History Month, we interviewed the great-great-great granddaughter of Nearest Green about her making a bit of her own history as the first Black girl to win the Miss Lynchburg pageant.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: An Interview with Nearest Green descendant and the first Black Miss Lynchburg winner, Eccho Staples
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