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Crews unearth relics of enslaved children’s lives at site of 1760s school
The excavation of the Williamsburg Bray School has yielded hundreds of artifacts, providing a glimpse into the lives of Black ...
Enslaved Black Children Were Educated Here. Now the Public Can Learn the History.
Beginning on Juneteenth, a restored Virginia schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black students were taught to read is on ...
Vital sites in Williamsburg’s Black history take steps forward on Juneteenth
On Juneteenth, the community celebrated the groundbreaking for the African Baptist Meeting House and the public opening of ...
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Oldest Black Schoolhouse In America Unearthed—Opened To Public On Juneteenth
The Williamsburg Bray School, the oldest known schoolhouse for Black children in America opened to the public as a museum on Juneteenth.
Colonial-era discovery sheds light on Black history in Williamsburg
Archaeologists uncovered the 18th-century Bray School site, among the first to educate Black children in the U.S., revealing ...
Groundbreaking of historic Black church held in Colonial Williamsburg on Juneteenth
On Juneteenth, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Williamsburg to rebuild the African Baptist meeting house. The church ...
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Colonial Williamsburg tells the story of early American settlers. But in 1956 it paved over Black history to make a parking lot
And it was largely forgotten. Throughout the years, visitors to Colonial Williamsburg parked their cars and walked over the foundation. Children would exit school buses on field trips to the 301 ...
Archaeologists unearth foundation of 1760s schoolhouse for Black children
Archaeologists have unearthed the foundation of a building from the 1700s that once supported the nation’s oldest surviving ...
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Colonial-Era Schoolhouse for Black Children Moves Amid Renewed Interest in Slavery’s History
WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia — A building believed to be the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in America was hoisted onto a flatbed truck and moved a half-mile Friday into Colonial ...
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Virginia: Oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children relocated to Colonial Williamsburg
A historic building believed to be the oldest school used to teach Black children in the U.S. was picked up and relocated to Colonial Williamsburg on Friday. The Bray School, constructed 25 years ...