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Granby High students share long legacy of Fort Monroe at global conference: “It’s history that has not really been taught.” Sonia Rao, Daily Press © Kristen Zeis/The Virginian-Pilot Students Patricia O'Shea and Aren De La Rosa, and teacher Ed Allison are photographed outside of Granby High School in Norfolk, Va., on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.Four students from Granby High School and their teacher, Ed Allison, are participating in a global UN conference Thursday. Ed Allison has been teaching history for more than 20 years. But he only recently started teaching a class de...

A murky legacy: Confederate generals who helped Black locals LISA VERNON SPARKS, The Virginian-Pilot March 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Not much is written in Virginia’s history books about William Mahone, a general who fought with the Confederate states during the Civil War. He led an attack against the Union Army in 1864 during the Battle of the Crater. Thousands of troops died, and hundreds of Black soldiers were massacred. But there is another story about Mahone that is rarely told, historians say. Post-Civil War, Mahone entered politics and led the Readjuster Par...

(Tribune News Service) — Not much is written in Virginia’s history books about  William Mahone, a general who fought with the Confederate states during the Civil War. He led an attack against the  Union Army in 1864 during the Battle of the Crater. Thousands of troops died, and hundreds of Black soldiers were massacred. But there is another story about Mahone that is rarely told, historians say. Post-Civil War, Mahone entered politics and led the  Readjuster Party in  Virginia. The group advocated for readjusting Virginia’s debt and built a biracial coalition on the might of B...

Black travelers spent an average of more than $800 per trip to the region in 2019.

As reported by PEOPLE. students will learn about civil rights icons through exhibits on Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama; Muhammad Ali’s fight against systemic racism, there’s also a virtual scavenger hunt of George Washington Carver’s inventions, a tour of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum; and a reading of “Hidden Figures” and “Let the Children March” from NBA & NFL players, per the report.  Students will also learn about the history of slavery.  “We need to know our history so we can know what our future will look like,” former ...