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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 — 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.

Colonial Williamsburg has begun to honour these coachmen by naming a new carriage after one of them.

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.

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. Colonial Williamsburg has begun to honor the coachmen by naming a new carriage after one of them, with hopes that more will follow.

For the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Benjamin Spraggins, despite the odds, became the first Black coachman, carting folks across the historical site including the likes of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, England’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth.

Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia has begun to honor Black coachmen by naming a new carriage after one of them, hoping more will follow.

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...

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.