CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – A Virginia state commission met Thursday night at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center to document how the expansion of public colleges and universities displaced historically Black communities.
The commission is examining the role land acquisition and campus growth played across the commonwealth, focusing in Charlottesville on the footprint of the University of Virginia.
“We’re here to learn from you and make sure these voices are a part of the historical story,” said Del. Delores McQuinn, D-Richmond, a member of the Commission Studying Black Communities Uprooted by Public Higher Education Institutions…