The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center in Charlottesville is decorated with exhibits that tell the history of one of the city’s first schools for Black students through alumni and community members — but there’s a gap in the records.
That’s where historic student files from Charlottesville City Schools come in.
Newly received records from CCS spanning from 1909 to 1965 will help the center craft its Pride Overcomes Prejudice exhibit, which tells the story of the Jefferson School…