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Jefferson School African American Heritage Center: The Center features a permanent historical exhibit, a rotating contemporary art gallery, and a robust calendar of events, all of which combine to highlight Charlottesville’s African American history and culture of the African diaspora.
The Jefferson School opened in the fall of 1865 as a Freedman’s School. First located on West Main Street at the site of the Delavan hotel, which it shared with the burgeoning First Baptist Church, it was both a graded and a normal school. In 1894 the Jefferson Graded School moved to 4th Street NW in the area that would evolve to be the Center of African American social and commercial life. The Jefferson High School opened in 1926 consolidating Black education into one area. It continued as the only Black high school in the city until 1951, when Jackson P. Burley High School was opened. The Jefferson School then reverted to an elementary school until its closing as a Black school in 1965.
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Frequent Black Businesses in Charlottesville by exploring the Black Business Directory. It is broke down into topic to simplify your search.
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Resources |
HowU?- Black MENtal Health Videos
These videos are made by The Charlottesville Alliance for Black Male Achievement to discuss mental health. You can engage with them on Twitter @BMACville, Facebook, [email protected], and this website |
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