Civil Rights Trail

Fredericksburg, Virginia’s new Civil Rights Trail titled “Freedom, A Work in Progress,” offers unique insights into the area’s Black History. This free self-guided journey includes 21 stops around Fredericksburg and the University of Mary Washington. It traces African Americans’ fight for equality from the Civil War to the Black Lives Matter movement.

As a Southern-born white woman, incorporating Black history sites into my travel plans never crossed my mind… until I married a Black man.

Explore the story of Black Americans’ fight for freedom and equality with U.S. Civil Rights Trail author Deborah Douglas.