NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The ‘ Truth Be Told: Virginia’ podcast is highlighting local African American stories and neighborhoods.
The Virginia African American Cultural Center Inc., or VAACC, approved a subgrant of $152,000 in funding from a Virginia Tourism Corporation to explore historically Black neighborhoods and stories across the Commonwealth.
The initial launch focused on historically Black neighborhoods in Virginia Beach , now the storytelling has grown to cover Black stories throughout Norfolk.
“Truth Be Told, is about historically Black faces, spaces and places,” said Delegate Jackie Glass, writer of ‘Truth Be Told: Virginia.’ “It’s not just about the spaces that get to be on the National, state or local registry as historic. It’s about finding value in the fact that this is contemporary Black history, that people are history. That’s why we chosen to focus on contemporary Black history, living history, which in itself is historical.”
Glass added that she hopes people’s take away is that Black people, their neighborhood and their experiences are “not a monolith.”