An African American history tour of Clarke and Warren Counties in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. This self-driving tour features historic African American sites such as schools, churches, neighborhoods, cemeteries, and businesses and more. The tour starts at Mt. Zion Baptist Church and Naked Creek Colored School in Page County and ends at Sunset Hill School in Strasburg, covering a total of 30 sites.
This tour can be done in sections depending on what part of the county you wish to explore. Some sites are no longer standing but their documentation is important. Other sites are still active and we have included information if you desire to support them with a donation.
Contributors to the tour include: Author William A. Good and his book, Slavery, When Humans Were Sold As Chattel; Shenandoah County Library and their Shenandoah Stories project and Truban Archives and Shenandoah Room. Special thanks to researchers: archivist Zach Hottel, Robin Lyttle, local historian Nancey Branner Stewart, executive director Monica Robinson, local historian DeLois Warr, and Taya Whitley for their research. Photos courtesy of Robin Lyttle unless otherwise stated in photo caption. Aerial map images from Apple Maps.
This tour can be done in sections depending on what part of the county you wish to explore. Some sites are no longer standing but their documentation is important. Other sites are still active and we have included information if you desire to support them with a donation.
Contributors to the tour include: Author William A. Good and his book, Slavery, When Humans Were Sold As Chattel; Shenandoah County Library and their Shenandoah Stories project and Truban Archives and Shenandoah Room. Special thanks to researchers: archivist Zach Hottel, Robin Lyttle, local historian Nancey Branner Stewart, executive director Monica Robinson, local historian DeLois Warr, and Taya Whitley for their research. Photos courtesy of Robin Lyttle unless otherwise stated in photo caption. Aerial map images from Apple Maps.
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