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On February 11, from 2-4p, Holts Chapel Community Center invites you to a Black History Celebration.

Holt’s Chapel Community Center invites everyone to come celebrate with them February 11. Reverend Douglas M. Pearsall of Smalls Chapel UCC Arapahoe and the Pamlico County NAACP is the special guest speaker. Aniyah Simone, director and choreographer of the Dazzling Dancers, performs.

There’s an open house at 2p and the program begins at 3p. Refreshments will be served. The event is free, donations are accepted.

Holt’s Chapel Community Center is at 136 Janiero Rd.

Holt’s Chapel is a Rosenwald School and the oldest African American School still in use (as a community center) in Pamlico County. Built as a Rosenwald School in 1921 by Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington, it was one of over 5,000 schools built by the project to educate African Americans in rural communities, when schools were still segregated. Of those 5,000 buildings, only an estimated 10-12% are still in existence.