“The Freedmen’s Bureau and School at Fairfax Courthouse”

Title

“The Freedmen’s Bureau and School at Fairfax Courthouse”

Date

2016

Description

  • 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.

Creator

William Page Johnson II

Source

The Fare Facs Gazette The Newsletter of Historic Fairfax City, Inc. Vol. 13   Issue 4   Fall 2016 https://www.historicfairfax.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/HFCI1304-2016.pdf

Citation

William Page Johnson II, ““The Freedmen’s Bureau and School at Fairfax Courthouse”,” Fairfax County African American History Inventory, accessed October 24, 2026, https://fairfaxaahi.centerformasonslegacies.com/items/show/342.