Culture

The building, which once housed the office of James Breckenridge and also became part of the Western Hotel complex, had deteriorated to the point that it could not be moved as planned.

Convenience stores and eateries in the new travel center’s Rockingham County neighborhood report that they’re reaping the benefits, too. “They’re getting more of the tourists,” one said. “We’re getting more of the locals.”

Leaders of the Pierce Street Gateway organization say healthy food and interactive history are the fuel the neighborhood needs to continue its legacy of Black achievement.

The Nov. 3, 1883, riot was a response to the growing Black majority in Danville in the late 1800s. 

Taubman is known for being the businessman behind the start of Advance Auto Parts and for his humanitarian efforts during World War II.

Some residents who attended Tuesday’s public meeting raised worries about traffic and vandalism. Others said the trail will boost tourism and provide more access to nature.

The former Harvey Colored School sat forgotten in the woods after integration, until former student Annie Wilson Mosby relocated and restored it.

There are over 80 churches, homes and other resources with African American historical significance within a state-recognized Pine Grove Rural Historic District designation in Cumberland County.

For three years in the 1920s, the nation’s most prominent Black filmmaker of his era worked out of Roanoke.

The plan up until last Tuesday was to move the building during the construction of the new county courthouse. Project managers told the Botetourt County Board of Supervisors that this won’t be feasible due to the condition of the building.