Biographies
These individuals represent some of the many talented, industrious, and resourceful African Americans who struggled to establish independent lives in freedom in Charlottesville and Union Ridge after the Civil War.
The two communities, though five miles apart, were knit together by strong ties of marriage and kinship and by educational and career aspirations. Residents often lived in one place and attended school or went to work in the other.
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Key
UR Union Ridge
ATS Albemarle Training School
JS Jefferson School
0 Starr Hill Heritage Trail location
0 Union Ridge Heritage Trail location
Index
Person | Dates | Occupation | Sites |
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John Ferris Bell | 1890 - 1959 | Funeral director, mortician | 19 |
Nannie Cox Jackson | 1864 - 1953 | Teacher | 1 |
Roosevelt Brown | 1932 - 2004 | JS Student, professional football player | 1, 9 |
