How Image Influences Perception in Black History: Experience the Alexandria Black History Museums

These classes were developed for the Meeting House by Ms. Audrey P. Davis. Ms. Davis worked for Alexandria city for many years before assuming her current position as the director of the Black History Museum. In addition to receiving many awards for her work, Ms. Davis has served as president of the Alexandria Historical Society – and is active in other professional organizations. She is also one of the authors of African Americans of Alexandria, Virginia: Beacons of Light in the 20th Century.

Please meet us at the Freedom House Museum on Duke Street at the regular Adult Education time of 9:30 AM and have a private tour of the museum. The Freedom House Museum is what remains of a large complex dedicated to trafficking thousands of Black men, women, and children from 1828 – 1861. Slavery, race-based laws, and racial terror erased and diminished African American history and its contributions to the national narrative. This museum seeks to reframe white supremacist history and honors the lives and experiences of the enslaved and free Black people who lived in and were trafficked through Alexandria.