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Students from a Virginia school recently made a surprise massive donation to help out a Black history museum in their community.
Richard Stewart’s home on Pocahontas Island, a peninsula located in Petersburg, Virginia, doubles as the museum. Stewart, who is considered the unofficial “mayor” of the island reportedly the home, as early as the 1800s, of free Blacks who achieved prosperity and esteem purchased the 18
th-century home in 2002. He began collecting artifacts related to Black history as well as Civil War history.
On Monday, May 10, students on a field trip from Richmond-based Cultural Roots Homeschool Cooperative were visiting Stewart’s home for the third time since 2018. This was the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic where Stewart was able to accommodate more than one person at a time. But the students did not come empty-handed. They had a check for $3,500 the largest donation the museum owner told the Associated Press he had ever received
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Students from an education cooperative called Cultural Roots has provided a gift of $3,500 to Richard Stewart for the Pocahontas Island Black History Museum, located in Petersburg, VA.
Stewart’s house doubles as a Black History Museum. He chronicles the island’s history there as the “oldest Black community in the United States.”
“About 700 historical pieces are packed within the house’s walls,” the Progresss-Index of Petersburg, VA reported. “Stewart has been used to seeing visitors come to his museum from across the country.”
Cultural Roots’s website explained that Cultural Roots Homeschool Cooperative’s middle school students spent the Fall semester of 2020 creating the short film about Stewart and the Pocahontas Island Museum.
Sean Jones, The Progress-Index
Richard Stewart tells students from Cultural Roots Cooperative about the history of Pocahontas Island inside his Black History Museum on the island, on May 3, 2021, in Petersburg, Va. (Sean Jones/The Progress-Index via AP) May 09, 2021 - 6:02 AM
PETERSBURG, Va. - âItâs so nice to hear childrenâs voices in here again,â said Richard Stewart, immersed in a field trip of about 20 kids standing in his home on Pocahontas Island.
Stewartâs house doubles as a Black History Museum that chronicles the islandâs history as the âoldest Black community in the United States.â It was the home of free Blacks as early as the 1800s, achieving prosperity and esteem. About 700 historical pieces are packed within the houseâs walls.
School co-op raises funds for Black history museum
SEAN JONES, The Progress-Index
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1of3Students from Cultural Roots, an education cooperative, gift $3,500 to Richard Stewart, who runs the Pocahontas Island Black History Museum on the island, on May 3, 2021, in Petersburg, Va. (Sean Jones/The Progress-Index via AP)Sean Jones/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Richard Stewart tells students from Cultural Roots Cooperative about the history of Pocahontas Island inside his Black History Museum on the island, on May 3, 2021, in Petersburg, Va. (Sean Jones/The Progress-Index via AP)Sean Jones/APShow MoreShow Less
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PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) “It’s so nice to hear children’s voices in here again,” said Richard Stewart, immersed in a field trip of about 20 kids standing in his home on Pocahontas Island.