Prince Edward County closed its public schools from 1959 to ... Marsh sought a seat in the Virginia Senate. He was first elected in 1991 to a majority-Black district redrawn, on the urging of ...

But he hardly was the first ... led four Virginia localities - Charlottesville, Norfolk, Front Royal and Prince Edward County - to close their school systems rather than accept black students.

Modern school voucher programs, publicized as a tool to provide education options for low-income families, have harmed ...

Officials and residents gathered to unveil a marker including Cape May’s Franklin Street School in the New Jersey Black Heritage Trail on Wednesday.

Coconut Grove is home for Thelma Gibson. Though it's vastly different today to when she was growing up. Born and raised in ...

A historical marker was unveiled outside of a formerly segregated school at the Jersey Shore marking its importance as part of the Black Heritage Trail.

“One of the biggest obstacles faced by Black ... the Northern Virginia Urban League through a grant that would help empower African-Americans to get out to vote. The event was first held in ...

After 39 years in education, Pamela Croft, the first African American high school principal in Loudoun County Public Schools, ...