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

Learn more:
"Mrs. Fannie Carter, Educator, Dies at 100"
"Remembering Miss Fannie"
Tribute From Governor John D. Rockefeller IV
Proclamation For Fannie Cobb Carter Day
Fannie Cobb Carter and Students at Boyd School
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On This Day in West Virginia History: March

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