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William Casperson Joins Colonial Williamsburg’s Board of Trustees
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Board of Trustees recently announced finance strategist and Columbia Business School ...
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Oldest school for Black students still offers lessons
A Virginia museum has nearly finished restoring the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, where hundreds of mostly enslaved students learned to read through a ...
Virginia archaeologists to show off their work Saturday in Colonial Williamsburg
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is holding a public archaeology day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Custis Square, located across from the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg on the corner of Nassau ...
The Sacramento Observer7d
Colonial Williamsburg Restores America’s Oldest Black Schoolhouse, Uncovering a Legacy of Education and Resilience
(NNPA) – Colonial Williamsburg is nearing completion on the restoration of the Williamsburg Bray School, the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in America. Founded in 1760 by the ...
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Colonial Williamsburg to Host Public Archaeology Day Nov. 16
Colonial Williamsburg is offering a chance to dig into history with archaeologists from across Virginia on Nov. 16 at its ...
WSET17d
Colonial Williamsburg nearly finished restoring oldest surviving school for Black children
The museum, Colonial Williamsburg, also has identified more than 80 children who lined its pinewood benches in the 1760s. They include Aberdeen, 5, who was enslaved by a saddle and harness maker.
Associated Press18d
Inside a 1760 schoolhouse for Black children is a complicated history of slavery and resilience
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Janice Canaday, Colonial Williamsburg Foundations African American community engagement manager, stands ...
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Colonial Williamsburg Bray School taught Black children, being restored 250 years later
The Colonial Williamsburg school house first opened on Sept. 29, 1760, and over two and a half centuries later it is being preserved and honored. The historic Bray School building was where teachers ...
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1760 Virginia schoolhouse for Black children reveals complicated history of slavery and resilience
The museum, Colonial Williamsburg, also has identified more than 80 children who lined its pinewood benches in the 1760s. They include Aberdeen, 5, who was enslaved by a saddle and harness maker.
ABC News19d
Inside a 1760 schoolhouse for Black children is a complicated history of slavery and resilience
The museum, Colonial Williamsburg, also has identified more than 80 children who lined its pinewood benches in the 1760s. They include Aberdeen, 5, who was enslaved by a saddle and harness maker.
WVEC19d
Colonial Williamsburg to hold public dedication service for oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the U.S.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — An historic school building is being prepared to be open to the public again. Friday, Colonial Williamsburg and members of the descendant community will hold a public ...
The New Zealand Herald19d
An Extended Guide For Choosing The Best Sunglasses This Summer
Is there an accessory that has to balance form and function as precisely as sunglasses? We reach for them as an accessory to adorn our faces but also need them to protect our skin and eyes from ...