On May 19, the Bahรก’รญ community honored Pocahontas Pope, the first African-American member of their religion in Washington, D.C., with an official marker for her grave in National Harmony Memorial Park in Hyattsville, Maryland.

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On May 19, the Bahรก’รญ community honored Pocahontas Pope, the first African-American member of their religion in Washington, D.C., with an official marker for her grave in National Harmony Memorial Park in Hyattsville, Maryland.
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