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Board proclaims Black History Month; historians, alumni and students highlight Douglass High School and preserved Willard stories
Summary
The Board adopted a Black History Month proclamation and heard presentations on the 'Spatializing Black Stories' archive about Willard and an upcoming Douglass High School documentary; students and local groups described research, archival work, scholarships and planned events.
On Feb. 3 the Board of Supervisors proclaimed February 2026 as Black History Month in Loudoun County and convened several presenters who described projects preserving and sharing local African American histories.
Donna Bohannon (Friends of the Thomas Balch Library Black History Committee) introduced the 'Spatializing Black Stories' digital archive, a public-facing effort led with the George Mason University…
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