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Virginia delegate recalls community-built school, warns against erasing Black history
Summary
During a floor statement on Feb. 3, 2025, Delegate Fagans told the House the story of the Princess Anne County Training School and cautioned against efforts to downplay Black history, linking the issue to recent Department of Defense communications about identity months.
RICHMOND, Va. — Delegate Fagans used a point of personal privilege on the House floor Feb. 3 to mark the start of Black History Month by recounting the history of the Princess Anne County Training School and urging lawmakers to preserve historical memory and resist efforts to erase Black history.
Fagans told colleagues that the school — later called Union Kemptsville High School — was built by local Black residents after they were denied a high-school education beyond the seventh grade. He said community leaders raised funds in 1925 at a mass meeting at Mount…
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