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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…

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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: …

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Bernie Boston - Legendary Locals of McLean; Page 104

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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…

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The Carter Family page 148-151

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

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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)

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Black communities that once existed in Fairfax County are discussed. They include Merrifield, originally called Mills Crossing; The Pines; and Williamstown, now Merrifield and Dunn Loring.

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Harrison Dodge was the longest serving Superintendent of the Mount Vernon Estate (1885-1937). He recounts the history of George Washington’s Mount Vernon including his personal recollections. This includes a chapter IX “The Old Negroes” where he…

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History of the Historic African American Community from 1833-1990

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When he was eleven years old, George Washington inherited ten human beings. His own life has been well chronicled, but the lives of the people he owned--the people who supported his plantation and were buried in unmarked graves there--have…

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When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in Philadelphia, the temporary seat of the nation’s capital. In setting up his household he took Tobias Lear, his celebrated secretary and eight…

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At the time of George Washington's death in 1799, more than 300 enslaved men, women, and children lived on his Mount Vernon plantation. Lives Bound Together provides fresh research on
this important topic, with brief biographies of 19 enslaved…

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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