Halifax County – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®. In 1920 the four original buildings were torn down and a new building was erected to house African American high school students; the school was newly called Halifax Training School. Later it was upgraded and renamed the Mary M. […]
Petersburg – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®. Founded in 1878 as the first seminary for the theological education of African Americans, this school was associated with St. Stephen’s Normal and Industrial School in Petersburg, which was overseen by the Rev. Thomas Spencer. CLICK HERE FOR 2020 […]
Mecklenburg County – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®. Efforts by the Rev. James Solomon Russell (1857–1935) resulted in the organization of the congregation of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church for African Americans both from St. Tammany (now Bracey) and from other parts of Mecklenburg County. CLICK HERE […]
Mecklenburg County – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®. Boydton Academic and Bible Institute was opened in 1879 in building that had been abandoned by Randolph-Macon College when it moved to Ashland in 1868. Dr. Charles Cullis, a humanitarian from Boston, purchased the property in 1878 and opened […]
Petersburg – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®. Learn the story behind how this high school was accredited as a four-year high school in 1921 and served for decades as the training ground for many distinguished African Americans, including hundreds of educators. CLICK HERE FOR 2020 CRIEHT […]
Petersburg – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®. Opened in 1924, the McKenney Library was segregated for decades, with white patrons allowed to use the main level and African Americans relegated to the basement. In 1960 several African American ministers led an effort to desegregate the main level. […]
Petersburg – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®. Petersburg established a public school system in 1868, two years before the state’s mandate. The building had been moved to this site in the 1830s from Bolling Hill, where it had served in the 1820s both as a church and […]
Halifax County – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®. Many churches in the second half of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century helped fill African Americans’ need for schooling. Frequently, a church would raise funds to build a school, with county governments occasionally offering […]
Halifax County – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®. Determined to provide elementary education for young African Americans, the Rev. Parham B. Ragland started a school in his backyard sometime around 1875. Though the “Backyard School” was private, Rev. Ragland was able to garner financial support for his […]
Halifax County – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®. Mountain Road School No. 1 was built around 1919 for Black students in the Halifax, VA, community. The museum is named in honor of the Rev. Lee Ernest Coleman. CLICK HERE FOR 2020 CRIEHT Brochure DOWNLOAD
