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Members of the West Point Elementary School ‘Character Chorus’ perform at West Point’s annual black history program.
by
Carla Jones
La Grange News
Jennifer Shrader
Staff writer
The newly renovated city gym at the West Point recreation facilities could just has easily have been a church on Thursday night.
Children filled the room with songs and athletic coaches told those children – and adults – to work hard and keep God in their lives during the city’s seventh black history program.
“We should celebrate black history 365 days of the year,” said Councilwoman Sandra Thornton, who has organized the event since it started and was honore...