FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — Volunteers are working to improve and preserve parts of Fairhope’s History. The Hope Community is trying to build a legacy at the site of the city’s first Black school.
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The Hope Community is a non-profit group that’s been around for about a decade. It’s built on what they describe as nurturing unity through food, healing, and relationships.
One of the ways they’re working on that is through their annual fundraiser. This weekend was their 2nd Annual Our Roots Run Deep 5k and Fun Run. It began at the site of the Historic Anna T. Jeanes School.
It was the first Black school in Fairhope in the early 20th century. Today, it’s at the center of an effort to preserve the history and legacies of the families who’ve lived in South Fairhope…