Washington Post : At a time when some venerable Southern colleges are finally acknowledging and apologizing for their past ties to slavery, an inquisitive scholar at the College of William and Mary thinks he has made a more inspiring find: the nation's oldest surviving schoolhouse for African American children .
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/22/AR2010072202858.html
Forwarded by Rosanna Bencoach (New Kent)
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