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Granby High students share long legacy of Fort Monroe at global conference: "It's history that has not really been taught."


Granby High students share long legacy of Fort Monroe at global conference: “It’s history that has not really been taught.”
Sonia Rao, Daily Press
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Students Patricia O Shea and Aren De La Rosa, and teacher Ed Allison are photographed outside of Granby High School in Norfolk, Va., on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.Four students from Granby High School and their teacher, Ed Allison, are participating in a global UN conference Thursday.
Ed Allison has been teaching history for more than 20 years. But he only recently started teaching a class dedicated to African American history, as Virginia approved changes to its social studies curriculum in October. ....

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A murky legacy: Confederate generals who helped Black locals


A murky legacy: Confederate generals who helped Black locals
LISA VERNON SPARKS, The Virginian-Pilot
March 7, 2021
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Not much is written in Virginia’s history books about William Mahone, a general who fought with the Confederate states during the Civil War.
He led an attack against the Union Army in 1864 during the Battle of the Crater. Thousands of troops died, and hundreds of Black soldiers were massacred.
But there is another story about Mahone that is rarely told, historians say.
Post-Civil War, Mahone entered politics and led the Readjuster Party in Virginia. The group advocated for readjusting Virginia’s debt and built a biracial coalition on the might of Black voters following the Reconstruction. In 1879, the party controlled the legislature during a time when many Blacks held state office. Mahone gained a seat in the U.S. Senate. The party’s mission was to reduce Virginia’s bulging debt and reestab ....

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A murky legacy: Confederate generals who fought to uphold slavery later helped Black Virginians


(Tribune News Service) Not much is written in Virginia’s history books about 
William Mahone, a general who fought with the Confederate states during the Civil War.
He led an attack against the 
Union Army in 1864 during the Battle of the Crater. Thousands of troops died, and hundreds of Black soldiers were massacred.
But there is another story about Mahone that is rarely told, historians say.
Post-Civil War, Mahone entered politics and led the 
Readjuster Party in 
Virginia. The group advocated for readjusting Virginia’s debt and built a biracial coalition on the might of Black voters following the Reconstruction. In 1879, the party controlled the legislature during a time when many Blacks held state office. Mahone gained a seat in the  ....

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