Tell Them We Are Rising

This presentation by documentary filmmaker and author Elvatrice Parker Belsches examines the role that the Freedman’s Bureau played in educating African-Americans in the Richmond. Through the use of narratives, primary documents, and rare photographs, the presentation chronicles the progression of the schools as they became integrated into the state school system in 1870.

This lecture was part of the American Civil War Museum's 2016 Teachers Institute.