An African American history tour of the town of Luray 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 Ulysses Simpson Grant Fry Restaurant and ends at the Hillside Cemetery and covers a total of 22 sites.
We wish to acknowledge and and give a special thanks to the researchers and contributors to this tour: Audrey Tutt Smith, Sonja Bailey, Sibbie Jeffries, Del Price, and other longtime Luray residents. Photos courtesy of Robin Lyttle unless otherwise noted in description or photo caption. Aerial map images from Apple Maps.
We wish to acknowledge and and give a special thanks to the researchers and contributors to this tour: Audrey Tutt Smith, Sonja Bailey, Sibbie Jeffries, Del Price, and other longtime Luray residents. Photos courtesy of Robin Lyttle unless otherwise noted in description or photo caption. Aerial map images from Apple Maps.
Download a PDF file of the Roots Run Deep Luray, Virginia booklet (1st Ed,2022) below.
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