The African American Children’s Book Project celebrated Juneteenth Saturday at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia by highlighting a little-known story about Mae Reeves, one of the first Black women in Philadelphia to own a business downtown in the 1940s. KYW Community Impact Reporter Racquel Williams has more.





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The African American Children’s Book Project celebrated Juneteenth Saturday at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia by highlighting a little-known story about Mae Reeves, one of the first Black women in Philadelphia to own a business downtown in the 1940s. KYW Community Impact Reporter Racquel Williams has more.
 
 
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