Black history
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Alexandria News
Nov. 14 Alexandria Tour Tells the Stories of Enslaved and Free Black People at Lee-Fendall House
Saturday’s small-group tour explores the lives of the Black men and women who lived and worked in the Old Town…
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Alexandria History
2,200 Lives, One Cemetery: Douglass Preservation Heroes Honored
Alexandria honors cemetery preservation groups as descendants share family histories, progress on drainage and gravestone restoration, and future plans for…
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Alexandria News
Bridging Ground: A New Documentary Follows the Virginia Theological Seminary Reparations Program
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — On Sept. 11, a documentary about the Virginia Theological Seminary reparations program will bring a deeply personal…
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Alexandria News
Stevie Wonder Was in the House in Alexandria Today!
Stevie Wonder joined Sunday worship at Alfred Street Baptist Church, delighting congregants at Alexandria’s historic 223-year-old church.
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Alexandria News
Your Family Photos Could Help Complete Alexandria’s Black History
Alexandria Library’s fourth Black Family Reunion combines food, music and games with a citywide effort to preserve Black family photos,…
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City Says Seven Tickets Remain for Alexandria’s Moss Kendrix Museum Program
An adults-only Alexandria Black History Museum program will examine Moss Kendrix’s work transforming portrayals of Black Americans in advertising.
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Community News Alexandria Virginia
Sophia Browning Bell’s Story Restored at Alexandria’s Historic Market Square
Alexandria, VA – Every market day, Sophia Browning Bell walked to Alexandria carrying vegetables to sell. She was enslaved. Bell…
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Book Reviews
The Business of Emancipation Review: Anita Hackley Lambert Illuminates Overlooked History
Alexandria, VA – Review: The Business of Emancipation–Alexandria to Black Broadway Publisher: HLE Publishing Author: Anita Hackley Lambert Reviewed…
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Alexandria Noir
Juneteenth in Alexandria 2026: Freedom’s History and Citywide Celebration
Alexandria, VA – Juneteenth is one of those dates that asks us to do two things at once: celebrate freedom…
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Alexandria News
Frederick Douglass and the Alexandria Juneteenth Connection Few People Know About
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Every Juneteenth, Americans commemorate June 19, 1865, the day Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and informed…
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