Lost American history: Oldest surviving school building for Black children discovered in Virginia

Long thought to be lost, the Bray School is the oldest existing building dedicated to educating Black children in America. It began operation in 1760, with a mission to teach reading and religious values to the mostly enslaved children in Williamsburg, Virginia. Researchers discovered the building still stood in 2020 -- almost 250 years after it closed -- and are now tracing how it planted the seeds of Black scholarship in the United States.