The excavation of the Williamsburg Bray School has yielded hundreds of artifacts, providing a glimpse into the lives of Black ...

About 250 years ago, this unassuming structure housed the Williamsburg Bray School in Virginia, making it the oldest known building where enslaved and free Black children were formally educated.

According to a statement released by The College of William & Mary, recent archaeological work revealed the foundations of ...

The Bray School opened in 1760 and was North America’s first institution to educate both enslaved and free Black children. However, the Bray School’s underlying goals offer a stark example of the ...

The Williamsburg Bray School operated between 1760 and 1774, providing a faith-based education to hundreds of students between the ages of 3 and 10 years old.

On Juneteenth, the community celebrated the groundbreaking for the African Baptist Meeting House and the public opening of the Williamsburg Bray School.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Archaeologists have uncovered a near-complete 18th-century foundation and chimney base believed to be from the original site of the Williamsburg Bray School, one of the ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — In honor of Juneteenth, Colonial Williamsburg isn't just looking back. It's making steps forward. Thursday, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the reconstructed African ...

Clifton Elementary School, which sits on both Fairfax County and Town of Clifton property, hasn’t been open in 15 years.

Archaeologists in Virginia have unearthed the foundation of a building from the 1700s that once supported the nation's oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children.

Archaeologists have uncovered the near-complete foundation of the 1760s Williamsburg Bray School beneath William & Mary's ...