Tag: alexandria black history museum
Genealogist traces lives and histories of African American families
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Char McCargo Bah did not learn about Alexandria’s Black history until she was 30.
“We were taking this Black history tour,...
Local site added to Civil Rights Network: Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery...
By Katherine Hapgood | [email protected]
The work of a citizen-led effort has finally come to fruition as the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial will be...
Alexandria celebrates Juneteenth
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
With Juneteenth now a federal holiday, the first new addition since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983, public awareness about...
Online exhibit memorializes city’s response to George Floyd murder
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
Though it remains closed, on Tuesday the Alexandria Black History Museum launched an online exhibition titled “Preserving Their Names,” exactly...
Audrey Davis shines a light on city’s past at Black History...
By Allison Hageman | [email protected]
Last summer at the Alexandria vigils for George Floyd, Audrey P. Davis, director of the Alexandria Black History Museum, collected...
Out of the Attic: The Moss Kendrix Collection at the Black...
Voting is still open until Jan. 20 in the Virginia Association of Museums’ Top 10 Endangered Artifact competition and a collection at the Alexandria...
Alexandria Black History Museum seeks grant
By Will Schick | [email protected]
The Alexandria Black History Museum is competing in the Virginia Association of Museums’ Top 10 Endangered Artifact competition, in the...
City launches new African American Heritage Trail
By Lindsey Sullivan | [email protected]
Earlier this month, the City of Alexandria released a new virtual history tour that details the significance of African Americans...
My View | Audrey P. Davis: Say his name
“How shall integrity face oppression? What shall honesty do in the face of deception, decency in the face of insult, self-defense before blows? How...
Exploring Alexandria’s African American history
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
February is Black History Month, but for city historians and black residents, every month is an opportunity to tell stories...
