Virginia Museum Receives 'Largest Donation' Ever from Black Homeschool Students Keen on Helping to Keep Their History Alive: 'I Was Just So Excited'
Students from a Virginia school recently made a surprise massive donation to help out a Black history museum in their community. Richard Stewart’s home on Pocahontas Island, a peninsula located in Petersburg, Virginia, doubles as the museum. Stewart, who is considered the unofficial “mayor” of the island — reportedly the home, as early as the 1800s, of free Blacks who achieved prosperity and esteem — purchased the 18 th-century home in 2002. He began collecting artifacts related to Black history as well as Civil War history. On Monday, May 10, students on a field trip from Richmond-...
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