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"This parcel of land checks every box. From pre-contact to the colonial period, from enslaved Africans to Emancipation to Reconstruction, from Revolutionary War entrenchments to Civil War battlefield, hospital and gravesites. It is both Virginia and American history.”

Debates over history and racial inequity have boiled, simmered, and boiled anew in recent years. See Boston.com.

What is likely the oldest extant building in the northern hemisphere used for the purpose of educating enslaved and free Black children is relocating

What is likely the oldest extant building in the northern hemisphere used for the purpose of educating enslaved and free Black children is relocating to Colonial Williamsburg’s historic ...

The two educational institutions have announced the creation of a joint research initiative to document the history of the school and its students, which will lead to new interpretive programming that explores the complicated history of this 18th-century institution dedicated to the education of Black children.

Hearth:  Faculty, staff, students and community members attended the ceremony to mark the beginning of construction on the memorial. Titled “Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved,” the brick structure will resemble a fireplace and will feature the names of people who are known to have been enslaved by the university.  Photo by Stephn Salpukas Hearth:  Faculty, staff and alumni push down the top of a brick wall that st...

Virtual dedication of Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at UVA to be streamed Saturday Published Tuesday, Apr. 6, 2021, 12:20 pm Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Front Page » Local/State » Local2 » Virtual dedication of Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at UVA to be streamed Saturday (© Melinda Fawver – stock.adobe.com) A virtual ceremony, free and...

ALL WHRO SITES Photo by Stephen Salpukas. The Lemon Project at William and Mary is an effort to uncover details of enslaved workers at the university. The Lemon Project Will Memorialize Enslaved People From William And Marys Past Details The College of William And Mary is researching the enslaved people from the school’s past. Called the Lemon Project, its an effort to uncover how those enslaved people lived and worked at the college. The project began in 2009. Paul Bi...

William & Mary’s 11 th annual Lemon Project Spring Symposium will feature panel discussions, keynote speeches and performances — all focused on the history and future of Black women in America. The event, titled “Four Centuries of Black Women in America: Freedom, Activism and Justice for All,” will be held virtually March 22-27. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required.  “One of the best parts of our annual spring symposium is how we bring people together — f...

A discovery on campus:  William & Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation jointly announced in a Feb. 25 press release that the building at 524 Prince George St. contains the original structure of the Bray School, where free and enslaved Black children were educated from 1760 to 1765.  Illustration of front-page news story Photo - of - by staff |  March 8, 2021 Prince ...