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In a story published Feb. 25, 2022, about Colonial Williamsburg honoring Black coachmen from the Jim Crow era, The Associated Press erroneously reported the dat

The Black men who drove horse-drawn carriages through the streets of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia were both everywhere and invisible during the Jim Crow era.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Black men who drove horse-drawn carriages through the streets...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Black men who drove horse-drawn carriages through the streets...

The Black men who drove horse-drawn carriages through the streets of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia were both everywhere and invisible during the Jim Crow era. Their wooden coaches helped conjure

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Black men who drove horse-drawn carriages through the streets...

The tribute is part of the museum's ongoing reckoning over race and its past storytelling about the country's origins and the role of Black Americans.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Black men who drove horse-drawn carriages through the streets...

In a story published Feb. 25, 2022, about Colonial Williamsburg honoring Black coachmen from the Jim Crow era, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date of coachman Benjamin Spraggins’ death

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Black men who drove horse-drawn carriages through the streets of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia were both everywhere and invisible during the Jim Crow era.