An African American history tour of the city of Harrisonburg in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. This self-driving tour features historic African American sites such as schools, churches, neighborhoods, cemeteries, and businesses and more. The tour starts at Jail Hill and ends at Harriet Tubman Cultural Center and covers a total of 39 sites. We wish to acknowledge and and give a special thanks to the researchers and contributors to this tour: Billo Harper, Sharon Barber, Jennifer Vickers, Monica Robinson. Robin Lyttle, and Taya Whitley for their assistance. Photos courtesy of Robin Lyttle, Jennifer Vickers, Billo Harper unless stated otherwise in captions. Sourced material and a list of references can be found below.
Download a PDF file of the Roots Run Deep Harrisonburg, Virginia booket (1st Ed, 2022) below.
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