A home decorated with African history
Photo credit: Ed Betz | Frances Watkins' Kings Park home is decorated with artifacts that celebrate the black experience. (Feb. 15, 2013)
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A home filled with African artifacts
Kings Park resident Frances Watkins created her own historic home, building a collection of artifacts that celebrates the black experience.
Now Watkins uses her house as a museum of sorts to educate visitors about the past. Dubbed "Granny Frannie" by some of the local children who visit, the former civil rights activist says she believes in an anything-can-be-handled policy: "Nothing in this...
