Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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The Bray School building in its original location on Prince George Street in Williamsburg, Va., seen around 1928. Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
A small, white building has been sitting on the campus of the College of William & Mary for nearly a century. But it was only recently identified as an 18th century schoolhouse where free and enslaved Black children were taught Christianity and literacy.
Researchers believe the Williamsburg Bray School, as it was called, to be the oldest standing building in the U.S. dedicated to the education of Black children.
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