Description
Forever Free: Portsmouth Stories of African American Strivings and Successes: Inaugural Exhibition
December 21, 2013 through December 1, 2015
Portsmouth Community Colored Library Museum
904 Elm Avenue
Portsmouth, Virginia 23704
Any African American who wanted to visit a public library in Portsmouth, Virginia, before 1937 had to leave town and go elsewhere. African Americans did not want this to be a permanent reality. They founded a library and maintained it.
