Tags: segregation
Item #226: Historic Marker: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
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On April 5, 2008 at Lake Accotink Park, Fairfax County celebrated the CCC's 75th anniversary and unveiled an historic marker commemorating the CCC's...
Item #224: Camp Reports: Civilian Conservation Corps No. 2339C Camp
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CCC No. 2399C Camp, also known as Army-3VA Camp, was located at the U.S. Army's Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County. A racially segregated unit, it was...
Item #172: Oral History: Dennis Howard
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Dennis Howard traces part of the history of African Americans in Fairfax County from the nineteenth century. He recreates the story of his own family...
Item #169: Library, Manassas Industrial School
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Students in the library of the Manassas Industrial School during the 1950s. Jennie Dean, born a slave in Prince William County, founded the Manassas...
Item #166: Manassas Industrial School, circa 1940
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Jennie Dean, born a slave in Prince William County, founded the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth in 1894. Originally a private boarding...
Item #162: Blacksmith Shop, circa 1890
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Moses Parker and Horace Gibson, former slaves who purchased their freedom, moved to Fairfax County from Culpeper. They opened a blacksmith shop on the...
Item #161: Page Parker Family, circa 1887
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Page Augustus Parker and Matilda Gibson Parker and their daughters, Maude, Molly, and Alice, circa 1887. The couple took over the blacksmith shop...
Item #160: Cosmetology Class, Manassas Industrial School, 1950s
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Jennie Dean, born a slave in Prince William County, founded the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth. The school, a private facility which...
Item #159: Cheerleaders, Manassas Industrial School
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Jennie Dean, born a slave in Prince William County, founded the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth. The school, a private facility which...