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Remembering Segregation in McLean and Vienna
Breaking Barriers

Deloris Evans remembers the excitement of riding the bus with students from The Madeira School. She was thrilled because they were going to see Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 inauguration parade. She was also delighted because this…

William Alexander West was born in Virginia, Va., near the side of the plantation where his parents had been slaves.Ulysses B. Glynt, who had accepted the surrender of Gen. Hobart E. Lee at [WORD ILLEGIBLE] Courthouse, was president of the United…

The CCC was started by President Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression.
In September 1935, the CCC camp designated as Army 3VA- 2399 C (for “coloreds”) was officially established at Fort Belvoir. At the camp, the African American CCC men…

A Collective biography of the Quander Family told through stories from its nearly 300 year documented history in the U.S. The Quander family has significant history in Maryland, Pennsylvania, DC and Virginia. All branches are discussed in the book.…

As a child in 1950s segregated Gum Springs, Virginia, Gregory Howard Williams grew up believing he was White. But when the family business failed and his parents’ marriage fell apart, Williams discovered that his dark-skinned father, who had been…

The first comprehensive account of those who served in bondage at Mount Vernon. Drawing on years of research in a wide range of sources, Thompson brings to life the lives of Washington’s slaves while illuminating the radical change in his views on…

Illustrated history of 16 destroyed historic homes in and around Alexandria, Virginia including the plantations of Spring Bank, Mount Eagle, West Grove where enslaved people were held.

Doctoral project submitted to the faculty of George Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University. Dr. Judith Saunders was a descendent of West Ford and grew up in Gum Springs.

Bradley E. Gernard describes four communities of freedmen (pages 234-235). They are Baptist Hill, Tinner Hill (this community still exists) Southgate subdivision, Gravel Bank (along Railroad Avenue next to Shreve Road in Falls Church)

“Historic Cemetery Halts Road Project” The Connection newspaper April 19, 2006

The Carter Family page 148-151

Little Town in Virginia places the reader in the time and years of the author, growing up during a time when segregation was in full effect. This happens twelve miles from the nation’s capital, Washington D.C. The author blends history and humor…

This booklet tells the story of this Vienna church that was founded after the Civil War through the backing of a Union veteran who settled in the community

This booklet was prepared to commemorate the principal of the Vienna Colored School, renamed in 1950 in her honor.

This commemorative booklet dedicated to the founder of a Christian ministry in Vienna includes many family histories and individual biographies of African Americans in the area.

Bernie Boston - Legendary Locals of McLean; Page 104

Explores the contributions of athletes, both on and off the field. Some have been symbolic figures of black ability, while others have taken their activism beyond the court to the courtroom, boardroom and the newsroom.

The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Center on Society and Health produced this work for the Northern Virginia Health Foundation with the help of a 14-person advisory board made up of historians and local experts. Topics include the following: …

The collection consists of papers from the Reston Black Focus, such as correspondence, advertisements, financial information, and general information. Also included in the collection is a series on the Reston Homeowners Association (RHOA) with papers…

A compilation of information about Fairfax County residents who were recorded on the 1860 census. One can search by family name and find 1860 slave census records and 1861 personal property tax lists which include the number of slaves owned

Green Book
In 1938, Victor Green, a mail carrier in New York City, recognized a need for a guidebook, describing where African Americans could eat and stay during the years of the Jim Crow segregation. The “Green Book” was published for over 30 years and…

A lodge of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty, only recently organized, turned out on its first mournful occasion near Hunter’s last Tuesday,
to attend the funeral of Sister Daisie Wooden, and which took place at 12 o’clock, in the presence of a…

The Colored Citizens Association Anniversary Booklet
The Colored Citizens Association was founded in September 1928 in Merrifield, Virginia. The sixteen founders, both male and female, chose three watchwords to represent their association, “Vigilance, Progress, and Cooperation.”  In 1941 the…

“Contraband” was a description used to describe what was once enemy property. Thousands of escaped slaves were known as contraband. Two camps, Wadsworth and Beckwith, were established in Fairfax County where the contrabands were housed and paid to…

The Civilian Conservation Corps 1933-1942: Roosevelt Tree Army by Mary Buckingham Lipsey, pp 89-110 Yearbook The Historical Society of Fairfax County, Virginia Vol. 32 2017

Includes the history of the segregated CCC camp Army – 3- VA 2399 -C…
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