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Elections

Suffolk, Williamsburg elect 1st Black councilwomen in their city's history

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Roots Recovered: Reclaiming Our Names

This documentary from 13News Now explores the growing interest African Americans have in discovering their ancestral names.
Williamsburg

Descendants dedicate 62 burial markers connected to the historic First Baptist Church Williamsburg

Colonial Williamsburg and the Let Freedom Ring Foundation dedicated dozens of grave markers this week at the church's original site on Nassau Street.
Williamsburg

Grave markers added at historic First Baptist Church

A historic discovery will help the descendants of one of the oldest known Black churches in America make sure their ancestors' stories are never forgotten.
Williamsburg

Colonial Williamsburg to hold public dedication service for oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the U.S.

The dedication ceremony on Friday will mark 250 years since the Williamsburg Bray School closed.
Black History

Historic Bray School reopens its doors at Colonial Williamsburg

Colonial Williamsburg will hold a special dedication for the oldest known structure in the nation where Black children were formally taught.
Black History

Norfolk to celebrate 103 years of historic public library

The Blyden Branch Library opened in 1921 as the first public library for African Americans supported by a municipality in Virginia.
Black History

Congressional Gold Medal to honor 'Hidden Figures' space race trailblazers

They and other African American NASA mathematicians helped shape the early developments of the age of space exploration.
Aerospace

'Hidden Figures' space race trailblazers honored with Congressional Gold Medal

The award was presented to the families of Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden, and all the women that worked as computers at NASA.
Black History

Hidden Figures special honor

A special honor was given today to the women who became known as the Hidden Figures who helped the United States make history.
Hampton

405 years later, African First Landing is commemorated in Hampton

Many gathered at the Hampton Roads Convention Center Friday kicking off the weekend to honor the first enslaved Africans to come to Virginia.
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Racing to Rebuild History: Restoring the Cornland African American schoolhouse

July 2024 update: The one-room schoolhouse was originally built in 1902 for African American students during the segregation era.