Still swimming: A love story rooted in faith, legacy and the AFRO

Special to the AFRO

In the summer of 1954, two young AFRO News carriers from Baltimore met for the first time during a beach trip for newspaper boys and girls. That moment, shared at Carr’s Beach, a popular resort for African Americans along the Chesapeake Bay, was the beginning of a lifelong love story.

“We met in the water and are still swimming,” said Rev. Beverly Carter, reflecting on the day she met her husband, Rev. George Carter at just 11 years old…

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