Georgetown association maintains Black history, brings people together
From left, Francis Cunningham, Paulette Taylor and Regina Durden organize events and partnerships for the Georgetown Cultural Citizens Memorial Association. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)
Beatrice Miller of the GCCMA serves Shymetria Anderson at a past Juneteenth event. (Sun Archive)
The Shotgun house at 801 West Street is seen here in 1996, when residents proposed converting it into a community center. The almost century-old home now serves as a museum in Georgetown. (Sun Archive)
In the 1970s, a group of volunteers came together as the The Georgetown Cultural Citizen Memorial Association to take care of the Afro-American Citizens Memorial Garden Cemetery on Memorial Drive. The final resting place for many in Georgetown’s Black and Hispanic community, many of the graves were unmarked.
The group reorganized in the 1980s, and for more than 40 years, the Georgetown Cultur…
