Tag: Blacksburg
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Maggie Lena Walker and Blacksburg: A Legacy of Economic Empowerment and Community Building
Maggie L. Walker’s leadership in the St. Luke Order and her bank inspired Black communities across Virginia, including Blacksburg, promoting economic independence, civic engagement, and generational empowerment.
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Finding Enslaved Ancestors & Building an African American Family Tree: Why This Resource Matters—for You and for History
For too long, the stories of enslaved Africans and their descendants have been overlooked, forgotten, or lost in history’s gaps. These video offers a genuine lifeline—a structured, compassionate guide to begin rebuilding broken family trees, recovering names, lifeways, and legacies that were too often erased.
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Shining a Light: Public Records Between the Town of Blacksburg and the Blacksburg Museum
Documents Important to the legacy of the St Luke, Odd Fellows & Household of Ruth Hall, 203 Gilbert Street, Blacksburg, VA.
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Beatrice Freeman Walker & St Luke
On December 17, 2013, Ms. Beatrice Walker recorded an oral history for Virginia Tech’s University Special Collections at the St. Luke, Odd Fellows, and Household of Ruth Hall. As a key figure in preserving the building and a Trustee on the deed now held by the Town of Blacksburg, her testimony provides invaluable insights absent…
