In this interview, Audrey Perry Williams discusses growing up in Newport News, her teacher training at Norfolk State, and her career in education, starting with Hampton City Schools in the 1970s. As a social studies teacher, she made sure her students knew that Black history was American history. From the first enslaved Africans in 1619 to the Underground Railroad sites in Hampton Roads.
Audrey Perry Williams
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