Alexandria Black History Msm

Alexandria Black History Museum can be found at Wythe St 902. The following is offered: Theater. The entry is present with us since Sep 9, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Alexandria there are 9 other Theater. An overview can be found here.

This collection, devoted to the history of African-Americans in Alexandria and Virginia, is housed in part in the Robert H. Robinson Library, a building constructed in the wake of a landmark 1939 sit-in protesting the segregation of Alexandria libraries. The federal census of 1790 recorded 52 free African-Americans living in the city, but the port town was one of the largest slave exporting...

African Americans have been part of Alexandria's history from Colonial times to the present (incumbent Mayor William D. Euile is black). The Ramsay House Visitor Center distributes a fine brochure, "A Remarkable and Courageous Journey," which describes 23 important black-history sites, with a map showing their locations. Start at this museum, in a building constructed in 1940 as the black...

This museum tracks the history of African-Americans in the Alexandria community from 1749 to the present. The small town, near the North-South line, is a fascinating microcosm of the larger trends that impacted the black community in the US. Literature and exhibits celebrate the contributions made by African-Americans to Alexandria. Regularly hosting lectures, exhibitions and special events,...