Liz Kirchner communitynews@ourvalley.org In the bitter and still smoldering ashes of the Civil War, the Christiansburg Institute, a school built to educate recently enslaved people, training them for fulfilling work and confident participation in a progressive, reconstructed society, opened its doors. Students traveled to this, “the first high school for blacks in southwest Virginia” from […]
Christiansburg Institute leadership working to revive historic site and mission
