Tag: Northern Virginia Urban League
Freedom House Museum aims to reopen in April
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
With its purchase of Freedom House several years ago, the City of Alexandria took tangible steps to ensure that its African...
Our View: Telling more of Alexandria’s black history
It’s exciting when a city known for its history is able to significantly enhance its storytelling. That’s happening now in Alexandria with black history.
This...
City plans to buy and preserve Freedom House
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
The City of Alexandria announced that it plans to purchase Freedom House, the historic site of a former slave trading...
Historic Freedom House, former slave pen, goes up for sale
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
The Freedom House, the registered National Historic Landmark and infamous location of a slave pen at 1315 Duke St., is...