June 2021

State briefs for Sunday, June 27

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Bray School Lab effort gets underway at W&M WILLIAMSBURG — The College of William & Mary is launching a research initiative that is focused on a school that educated enslaved and free Black children in the 18th century. William & Mary says the Bray School is likely the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for African Americans….

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State briefs for Sunday, June 6

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King George memorial may move to cemetery KING GEORGE — King George County officials will look into relocating a Confederate memorial from the lawn of the county’s courthouse to a local cemetery. Members of the county’s Board of Supervisors met behind closed doors Tuesday to discuss the matter, The Free Lance-Star reported. When they returned…

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