SAVE THE DATE: Nov. 2, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm., Cumberland, Va.

The AMMD Pine Grove Project will celebrate the completion of the NPS African American Civil Rights grant-funded stabilization construction work at the historic Tuskegee Rosenwald Pine Grove School, 267 Pinegrove Rd, Cumberland, Va 23040 with a Walk A Mile In Their Shoes Heritage Walk-a-Thon and Schoolyard Jamboree. The celebration will take place at the historic site on Saturday, November 2, 2024, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.

 Attendees will relive history by walking the same route as many of the students who attended Pine Grove, through storytelling by Pine Grove alumni, and reenactments of schoolyard games, and of a typical day at Pine Grove School. Over 100 years ago, philanthropist Julius Rosenwald and founding president of Tuskegee Institute, Dr. Booker T. Washington met to address the lack of schools to educate Black children in the segregated South.

From this collaboration, the Rosenwald Fund and the Rural Community Schools building program were formed, and over 5000 schools were built in Black communities from 1913-1934. Pine Grove School, built in 1917, afforded generations of Black students living in the Pine Grove community a quality education from 1917 to 1964.

The AMMD (Agee, Miller, Mayo, Dungy) Pine Grove Project is collaborating with community members and partners to preserve this significant historic resource in Cumberland County. The AMMD Pine Grove Project is a 501c3 tax exempt grassroots organization that continues to support the educational legacy of its founders and preserves the cultural heritage of the school and community. For information, contact: Sonja Branch-Wilson and Cheryl Belt-Jackson.

For more details, please visit: http://www.ammdpinegroveproject.com/