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SUMMARY:The Lost Black Communities of Merrifield\, The Pines\, and Williamstown
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by the author\, Marian Ransell Dobbins\, historian 
 and ethnographer.\n\nFollowing the Civil War\, Black landownership in 
 Fairfax County expanded dramatically.  Merrifield\, the Pines and 
 Williamstown emerged as thriving communities established by born-free 
 Blacks\, the formerly enslaved and their descendants.  Our speaker will 
 discuss her new book documenting the history of these towns and their 
 eventual loss to eminent domain and gentrification.\n\n
LOCATION:Pohick Regional Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Dickinson":MAILTO:jennifer.dickinson@fairfaxcounty.gov
CATEGORIES:Black History , History & Culture
CONTACT;CN="Jennifer Dickinson":MAILTO:jennifer.dickinson@fairfaxcounty.gov
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URL:https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/16332706
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