The Library of Virginia has selected 8 new honorees as
Notable Black Virginians
In addition to biographical information about the honorees, there is a link to suggested classroom activities, and links to last years honorees including Arthur Ashe.
At the Fauquier County Library, additional resources about black Virginians and their role in Virginia history includes:
My Confederate kinfolk : a twenty-first century freedwoman confronts her roots by Thulani Davis
Israel on the Appomattox : a southern experiment in Black freedom from the 1790s through the Civil War by Melvin Patrick Ely
Inspiring African American women of Virginia by Veronica A. Davis
Black Confederates and Afro-Yankees in Civil War Virginia by Ervin L. Jordan, Jr
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Notable Black Virginians and more
