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 …
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 …
