In Virginia, the first election, in which Black men voted and those votes were counted, was for delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1867–1868.
This booklet commemorates the Fairfax County Colored Citizens Association's 30th anniversary history and provides a fascinating timeline of their accomplishments.
This book describes the origins and operations of this Dranesville organization founded “to foster harmony and cooperation" between Black and White residents. The organization sought to identify and correct problems in such areas as housing,…
This booklet describes the growth of the local NAACP branch from 1915, when it was organized in response to a segregation ordinance of the Falls Church Town Council, until the 1960s when racial barriers began to fall.
The story of the desegregation of Fairfax County libraries and libraries in neighboring jurisdictions is chronicled. The struggle by Vienna residents like William McKinley Carter is described as black residents seek equal access to libraries. …
*Knights of the Ku Klux Klan advertise for “real Americans” to join the KKK. Fairfax Herald January 28, 1921, p 2
*Ku Klux Klan to attend Herndon Day Fairfax Herald August 28, 1925 p.2
*Ku Klux Klan wins baseball game Herndon Observer July 1,…
In 1867, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was organized in Fairfax County for the “maintenance and supremacy of the white race.” When blacks voted for the first time, white men targeted the blacks for not voting the way the whites expected. The Klan did not…
The article describes the establishment of schools by the Bureau after the Civil War.
Interviews of teachers and students are included, including Minnie Beckwith Hughes who taught in county schools for 30 years.
