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College Board revises AP African American Studies course
Associated Press education reporter Cheyanne Mumphrey spoke with News4’s Drew Wilder about what changes students will see when the class launches next school year.
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‘Sharing of culture': Inside a Virginia high school's AP African American Studies class
At South County High School in Lorton, Virginia, students inside one classroom were hard at work Monday recreating sculptures like the ones you would see in ancient West Africa. “You have step shows, you have a lot of things that have cultural sensibilities,” teacher Sean Miller says to the class. Students are also learning about Black Joy and Historically Black…
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Arson suspected in historic Black Georgetown cemetery
Items at the gravesite of a child were found burned at a historic Black cemetery in Georgetown. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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Loudoun County Mapping Sites Important to African American History
The county hired a historical research company that’s updating its record of locations that are important to African American history. News4’s Julie Carey reports.
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African American Cemetery Damaged in Loudoun County
Damage was discovered at a historic African American cemetery in Loudoun County, Virginia, and authorites are investigating whether it was vandalism. Pastor Michelle Thomas, who is the president of the Loudoun County NAACP, said she discovered Monday her son’s burial site appeared to be vandalized at the African American Burial Ground for the Enslaved at Belmont. Her 16-year-old son...
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Historic African American Cemetery Damaged in Loudoun County
A historic African American cemetery in Loudoun County, Virginia, was possibly vandalized, and authorities are investigating. News4’s Julie Carey reports.
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Maryland Church Works to Restore Graves of Enslaved People
The Archdiocese of Washington is working to restore the graves of nearly 200 African Americans buried behind a church in Bowie, Maryland. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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Maryland Church Works to Restore Graves of Enslaved People
Orange flags rise up like wildflowers from the ground of the old cemetery behind the Sacred Heart Church in Bowie, Maryland. Each of them marks a grave, or the likely spot of a grave. Some graves are denoted by weathered stone markers. But others received no gravestone or marker, a fate common for enslaved people. “Burials that are in wooded…
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Genealogy Project Focuses on Fredericksburg's Oldest Black Families
The ancestral roots of the ten oldest African American families in Fredericksburg, Virginia, were revealed Friday as part of a project created to recognize the city’s Black residents. News4’s Julie Carey reports.