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ALL WHRO SITES Courtesy of John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library/Colonial Williamsburg. William & Mary officials say the building is likely the oldest structure still in existence in the U.S. that was dedicated to the education of Black children. Researchers Rediscover School For Free And Enslaved Black Children At William & Mary Details Published: 25 February 2021 The College of William & Mary has confirmed the historic identity of a small white building tucked away...

Colonial Williamsburg, William & Mary identify structure of 18th-century school Crystal Castleberry, an intern on the 2013 dig, displays an 18th-century coin bearing the visage of George III. The field schools turned up numerous features and artifacts that ranged from before the founding of Williamsburg to a Brown Hall door key. WILLIAMSBURG, VA .- A small, white building tucked away on the William & Mary campus once housed the Williamsburg Bray School, an 18th-century institution dedicated to ...

Opened in 1760, the school may be the oldest still-standing building of its kind.

William & Mary Military Science/Digges House at 524 Prince George St. (WYDaily/Courtesy of William and Mary) The unassuming, small, white building tucked away on Prince George Street houses a lot more history than was originally thought. The building most recently housed offices for William and Mary’s Department of Military Science and is known as the Prince George House on campus. Dendrochronology analysis of the building’s wood framing conducted in 2020 by Colonial Williamsburg researcher...

Last summer, I had the opportunity to see the protests and painting of the Confederate statues in Richmond, Virginia. For me, this was the pinnacle of my own personal journey of reflection.  The protests gave witness to a long simmering struggle with race in our nation going back to the Civil War. For some, they want to bury and forget it. While 165 years seem like a long time ago, recently a couple of events demonstrate how close it is. In May 2020, Irene Triplett passed away.  She was ...

Photo - of - by Joseph McClain |  February 25, 2021 A small white building that sits tucked away on the William & Mary campus once held an 18th-century school dedicated to the religious education of enslaved and free Black children, researchers have determined. Now, the university and its neighbor, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, are working together to ensure future generations learn about the history of the building and ...

This fall, William & Mary will celebrate 100 years since the first Asian student enrolled at the university, leading the way for hundreds of other Asian and Asian-American students, faculty and staff to follow.

William & Mary could begin a new form of reparations. Heres what students have to say The Williamsburg-based college could be one of five colleges in the Commonwealth to memorialize former ties to slavery. Author: Alex Littlehales (WVEC) Updated: 7:02 PM EST February 22, 2021 WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The idyllic and scenic campus of William & Mary also has a dark history depending on where you look.  “With the rich history, there needs to be an acknowledgment of ...

by Erin Zagursky |  February 15, 2021 A century ago this fall, Pu-Kao Chen ’23 left Shanghai, China, to enroll at William & Mary, becoming the university’s first Asian student and opening the door for hundreds of Asian and Asian-American students, faculty and staff to follow — and create their own firsts — over the next 100 years. William & Mary is now preparing to mark that anniversary with a multi-year commemoration, b...

BY ERIC KOLENICH Richmond Times-Dispatch Del. David Reid, D-Loudoun, has sponsored a bill to address the five public colleges in Virginia built and maintained on the backs of enslaved workers.  Titled the Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship, the bill calls for Longwood University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Military Institute, and the College of William & Mary to offer scholarships to the descendants of the enslaved.  The H...