Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the summer of 1939, an event unfolded in Alexandria, Virginia, that represents a fight for educational access and freedom that ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia has provided education to hundreds of young students each year, but did you know the story behind Samuel Tucker ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The story of Alexandria is a myth—in fact a collection of myths and legends, sometimes competing with each other—to which the ...

The burning of the Library of Alexandria is one of history’s most powerful images: a single night of fire consuming the accumulated wisdom of the ancient world, irreplaceable scrolls going up in ...

Libraries had not been a big part of the civil rights movement but that changed in Alexandria, VA. On the morning of August 21, 1939 five young African American men entered the segregated public ...

Few places in human history have captured the imagination quite like the Library of Alexandria. Mention it at a dinner party, and you’ll likely conjure images of marble halls lined floor to ceiling ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A huge grant that looks to preserve our history and honor the sacrifice and struggle of those who came before us is getting us uplifted. Before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat ...

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Alexandria is famous for the conspicuous display of its history. Tourists marvel at the colonial homes in Old Town, and some residents still worship in the church once attended by George Washington ...