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Digital scan of a framed photo of men sitting in clusters at at three tables, playing a board game. Label says Locust Street Settlement.
Locust Street Settlement in Hampton, VA (c. 1903).

First settlement organization founded for the Black community.

1890

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Locust Street Settlement in Hampton, VA (c. 1903).

The Locust Street Social Settlement is founded in Hampton, Virginia by Janie Porter Barrett, who will later also found the Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls.