New York Post

Remnants of black church uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg

Reginald F. Davis, from left, pastor of First Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Connie Matthews Harshaw, a member of First Baptist, and Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg's director of archaeology, stand ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Rebuilding one of the nation’s oldest Black churches begins at Juneteenth ceremony

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before constructing a wooden meetinghouse in Virginia, started ...
Daily Press

Archaeologists in Colonial Williamsburg uncover foundations of historic First Baptist Church, one of America’s oldest churches founded by free and enslaved Blacks

It was a hot and sunny fall afternoon Monday when Connie Matthews Harshaw visited the Colonial Williamsburg archaeology site. Harshaw had already been to the site, near the intersection of Nassau and ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Historic Black church site in Colonial Williamsburg nears next phase

WILLIAMSBURG — Preparations are underway for the next phase of the project focused on the original First Baptist Church site in Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area. Now known as the African Baptist ...
Daily Press

Colonial Williamsburg team discovers historic First Baptist Church’s original structure, buried for 165 years

Excitement bubbled inside the small barrier fence encompassing the S. Nassau Street dig site. The archaeology team working there fought against the excitement as they could not yet be sure of their ...
PBS

Remnants of Black church uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The brick foundation of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches has been unearthed at Colonial Williamsburg, a living history museum in Virginia that continues to reckon ...
News4Jax

Remnants of Black church uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg

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WVEC

Remnants of Black church unearthed in Colonial Williamsburg

The brick foundation of one of the oldest Black churches in the United States has been unearthed by archeologists at Colonial Williamsburg. The living history museum announced its confirmation of the ...
The Columbian

Remnants of Black church uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The brick foundation of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches has been unearthed at Colonial Williamsburg, a living history museum in Virginia that continues to reckon with its ...
KRQE Blogs

Remnants of Black church uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The brick ...
The Christian Century

Remnants of Black church uncovered at Colonial Williamsburg

The brick foundation of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches has been unearthed at Colonial Williamsburg, a living history museum in Virginia that continues to reckon with its past storytelling ...