Postcard for Program on Varying Meanings of Freedom

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African American schools
Virginia -- Lexington
Rockbridge Historical Society
African Americans -- Civil rights
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This is the front of a printed post card. It outlines a program entitled, "The Varying Meanings of Freedom for the African-Amerian Community in Lexington and Rockbridge County from the American Revolution to World War I." On the back of the post card the return address is: Rockbridge Historical Society, P. O. Box 514, Lexington, Virginia 24450-0514." There is an image of a building with the following caption: This building, once located on Randolph Street, served as Lexington's African-American school from 1865 to 1927. (Photo from the Jackson Davis Collection [MSS 3072], Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library.)