Community members in Hampton, Virginia, were joined by state leaders to dedicate the African Landing Memorial Plaza, a new Virginia memorial that pays homage to the first documented enslaved Africans who arrived in Virginia more than 400 years ago.
The dedication ceremony comes years after residents and organizations, including the 1619 Project and The William Tucker 1624 Society, began campaigning to ensure African-American history at the site would not be forgotten but told accurately, 13NewsNow reported.
More than 400 years ago, in 1619, a British ship landed on the shores of Virginia in what was then a British colony…