Colonial Williamsburg Bray School taught Black children

Inside a 1760 schoolhouse for Black children in Williamsburg is a complicated history of slavery and resilience
A museum has nearly finished restoring the nation's oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, where hundreds of mostly enslaved students learned to read through a curriculum that justified slavery.
Colonial Williamsburg to hold public dedication service for oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the U.S.
An historic school building is being prepared to be open to the public again. Friday, Colonial Williamsburg and members of the descendant community will hold a public dedication ceremony for the Williamsburg Bray School.
Colonial Williamsburg’s restored school for Black children to be dedicated Friday
A 2 p.m. dedication is open to the public and will include the reading of names of students who attended the school, along with several speeches, panel discussions and interpretive programs.
Colonial Williamsburg Bray School taught Black children, being restored 250 years later
The Colonial Williamsburg Bray School taught Black children and is being restored 250 years later. The school house first opened on Sept. 29, 1760, and is now being preserved and honored.
Inside a 1760 Schoolhouse for Black Children Is a Complicated History of Slavery and Resilience
A museum in Virginia has nearly finished restoring the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children
Colonial Williamsburg nearly finished restoring oldest surviving school for Black children
Colonial Williamsburg has nearly finished restoring the nation's oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, dating back to the 1760s.
Historic school house for Black children restored 250 years later
The Colonial Williamsburg Bray School taught Black children and is being restored 250 years later. The school house first opened on Sept. 29, 1760, and is now being preserved and honored. (Scripps New
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