Black History in Virginia

This historic train depot transports visitors to an early 20th-century world before desegregation

In the 1920s, this stretch of Roanoke became home to a thriving Black community.

Colonial Williamsburg was home to one of the earliest institutions in North America dedicated to educating Black children.

One of the oldest continuous congregations organized by Black Americans has been flourishing for nearly 250 years.

The final resting place of a prominent Black American farming family sits in the shadows of an IKEA store.

An 83-foot tall granite obelisk honors the legacy of Dr. King in the heart of Norfolk's Black community.

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.

The Harlem Renaissance poet and activist wrote, organized, and hosted travelers in this Lynchburg, Virginia oasis.

The last vestige of a once substantial orchard and farm in the suburbs of Northern Virginia.

One of the few remaining Rosenwald Schools left in Virginia.

A renovated schoolhouse that highlights the history of Clarke County's Black community.

The all-but-forgotten cemetery is Eastern Loudon County's largest African-American burial ground.

The former home of Dr. E.B. Henderson, also known as the "Father of Black Basketball."

This monument traces the segregation line that inspired the first rural branch of the NAACP.

This one-room schoolhouse was revitalized in 2007 as a museum focusing on the education of Black children during the early 20th-century.

The only remaining African American schoolhouse in northern Virginia is now a museum dedicated to formerly enslaved people.