Black historic places matter
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Pennington Gap native, Ron Carson, attended the one room Lee County Colored Elementary School from 1958 until local schools integrated in 1965…
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EventVirginia African American Watermen Project
Join the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR), and Commonwealth Preservation Group for a virtual public information session on Thursday, September 14 at 6:00 …
EventSpring 2021 Task Force Meeting
The Virginia African American Cultural Resources Task Force will hold its Spring 2021 meeting virtually on Monday, May 24, from 3:00-5:00pm. The video recorded meeting is open to the public. …
NewsA 1619 Project: Finding Virginia’s first Africans
“As a small child, I don’t ever remember learning about 1619 and the forced arrival of Africans in Hampton and Jamestown,” says archaeologist and William & Mary anthropology PhD student …
NewsAn activist’s faith in Danville
Carolyn Wilson is a longtime member of Danville’s High Street Baptist Church and a former civil rights student activist. When the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at High …
NewsBlack history matters in Appalachia, too
Pennington Gap native, Ron Carson, attended the one room Lee County Colored Elementary School from 1958 until local schools integrated in 1965. His great-great-grandmother, Rachel Scott, a large landowner and …
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