Tag: Town of Blacksburg
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From Blacksburg to Massachusetts — A Banner’s Journey and a Shared Legacy of Fraternal History
A Piece of Blacksburg’s Fraternal History Finds Recognition at a National Museum
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Freeman Family
The Freeman family played an important role in Blacksburg’s African American community during the early twentieth century. Bessie Briggs Freeman and her husband, Alonzo Freeman, Sr., built their lives and raised their daughters in the Jackson Street neighborhood during the era of segregation. Bessie’s name appeared on the 1919 deed for their home, and she…
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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.
