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Prince Edward State Park for Negroes

Prince Edward County – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®. In 1950, Prince Edward Lake Recreation Area became Prince Edward State Park for Negroes — Virginia’s eighth state park and the only one accessible at that time to African Americans. During an era of segregation, this site was […]

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The Beneficial Benevolent Society of Loving Sisters and Brothers of Hampden Sydney

Prince Edward County – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®. Established in 1843, most likely by free Black people, the Beneficial Benevolent Society of the Loving Sisters and Brothers of Hampden Sydney consisted of two mutual benefit groups for African American men and women of the Hampden Sydney […]

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Hampden-Sydney College

Prince Edward County – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®.  Hampden-Sydney College, the last college formed under the British Crown, has been in continuous operation since it opened in 1775.  During the civil rights movement in the 1960s, the college did not publicly take sides. Some faculty children […]

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Rosenwald School at Cartersville

Cumberland County – One of 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®, this is one of the schools built by funds donated to Dr. Booker T. Washington from Julius Rosenwald, to ensure education was available to African American children across the South. CLICK HERE FOR 2020 CRIEHT Brochure DOWNLOAD

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The First African American School in Appomattox

Appomattox County – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®, learn of the story behind the Freedman’s Bureau mission to open schools for African American children after the end of the American Civil War. CLICK HERE FOR 2020 CRIEHT Brochure DOWNLOAD

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Oak Grove School

Brunswick County – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®, learn how this school taught practical trade skills to students from the early 1920’s. CLICK HERE FOR 2020 CRIEHT Brochure DOWNLOAD

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Carver-Price Legacy Museum

Appomattox County – One of the 53 sites along the Civil Rights in Education Heritage Trail®,  the museum houses memorabilia from the original  Carver Price school.   CLICK HERE FOR 2020 CRIEHT Brochure DOWNLOAD

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IC Scoops & Diner

IC Scoops & Diner offers the very best – Hershey Ice Cream, Pies and Cakes. They also specialize in serving up some of the best homemade savory soups (seasonal), scrumptious subs and sandwiches in the area. Check out the full menu then bring the family, come with friends, meet with your group to enjoy savory […]

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Richlands Dairy Farm & Creamery

Farm Day, Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch, Fall Festival, Dinner on the Dairy, and MORE!!! The farm has been a family owned and operated farm since its purchase in the mid 1700s. At this time the farm was primarily a tobacco farm. However, in 1954 Grandpa Jones (now 90 yrs old) decided to try his […]

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