Jefferson School
Jefferson School was central to the local African American community’s educational, social, and political history during the 20th century in the city of Charlottesville. The first school on the property, […]
Charles B. Holt House
The Holt Rock House is an Arts and Crafts-style bungalow in Charlottesville. Charles B. Holt, an African American with a building, contracting, and carpentry business, built his house 1925-26, when […]
Fairmount School
Built circa 1895 in a simplified style with Gothic Revival details, the Fairmount School is one of two such schools remaining in Richmond (the other is Randolph School, listed in […]
Racial Desegregation in Public Education in the United States MPD
The Racial Desegregation in Public Education in the United States Multiple Property Documentation (MPD) Form facilitates the nomination to the registers of resources associated with events that both led to […]
George W. Watkins School
The New Kent School (White) and George W. Watkins School (Black), both located in New Kent County, are associated with the 1968 U.S. Supreme Court case Green v. New Kent […]
Halifax Triangle & Downtown Commercial Historic District
The Halifax Triangle and Downtown Commercial Historic District consists of two distinct but interrelated areas that tell the story of African American culture, commerce, and experience in Petersburg from the […]
First Baptist Church
Constructed in 1956, the two-story Colonial Revival-style First Baptist Church in Williamsburg is nationally important as home to the country’s oldest and continuously active black congregation, a religious community that […]
Diamond Hill Baptist Church
Diamond Hill Baptist Church, Lynchburg’s second oldest African American church, was a pivotal local player in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Under the leadership of Rev. Virgil Wood, […]
Zion Poplars Baptist Church
Zion Poplars Baptist Church, located in a rural setting near the Gloucester County seat of Gloucester Court House, was named for a grove of seven poplars, four of which remain […]
Robert Tynes House
Constructed in 1750, the Robert Tynes House is typical of the 18th-century Tidewater house forms found in the Chesapeake Bay regions of Virginia and Maryland. However, most such houses were […]