Historic Vienna, Inc. African American Resources
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Tours of African American History
The African American Historic Sites Tour of Vienna, VA- Program. In October 2020, Sylvia Taylor and Gloria Runyon, long time Vienna residents, members of the Historic Vienna, Inc. Board of Directors, and members of the First Baptist Church of Vienna, presented a talk on the highlights of Vienna’s African American Community. Their talk described some of the historic sites on the tour that they created to share the rich history of Vienna’s African American community. Please click here to access it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny1kVhrt270
The African American Historic Sites Tour of Vienna, VA, was originally created in February 2017 as one of the events held in celebration of First Baptist Church of Vienna’s 150th Anniversary. It discussed long-time families, their contributions to the community and important sites including churches, schools, cemeteries, parks, homes and landmarks.
If you would like to learn about the contributions of Vienna’s African Americans from 1867 to 2006, please take this self-guided tour containing all of the sites on their tour. You can choose to take the tour as a riding tour, either in a vehicle or on a bicycle, or as a walking tour. The walking tour is divided into 4 segments with 3 to 8 sites per segment. You can choose to download all segments together or each segment individually.Source
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