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12Black Lynchburgers You Need to Know...
Blind Billy
(c.1805–1855)
Gifted Slave Musician and Fife Player
Robert A. Perkins
(1834–1881)
Early Teacher and First African American Head Clerk in U.S. Railway Postal Service
Samuel F. Kelso
(c.1825–1880)
Lynchburg Representative to Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1867-68
Gregory Willis Hayes (1862–1906)
“Educator, Orator, Race Leader;” President of Virginia Seminary
Adolphus Humbles (1845-1926)
Successful Entrepreneur, Businessman, and Philanthropist
Anne Spencer
(1882–1975)
Librarian and Published Harlem Renaissance Poet
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