Black students took a field trip to the birthplace of American slavery and walked away feeling empowered

HAMPTON, Va. – Justice Alexander, a senior at Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, felt something come over him as the bus carrying 21 of his classmates entered the grounds of Fort Monroe on the Chesapeake Bay. Sure, Alexander knew the facts of the place: Four centuries ago, in…

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