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Founding of Columbia
7 Abolitionist organize First Baptist Church of Falls Church on Broad Street. -
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Civil War
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Starting a Sabbath School
Rev. John D. Read (Columbia lay preacher) and daughter Betsy start a Sabbath School and day school for black Virginians. -
Rev. Read and Jacob Jackson
Rev. John Read and Jacob Jackson, an African American friend, are captured by Mosby's guerillas. Rev. Read is killed and Jacob Jackson survives to return to Falls Church and share what has happened. -
Second Baptist
Second Baptist Church is formed with a Black congregation separating from Galloway Methodist. -
Giving away Falls Church
The African-American section of Falls Church, from Tinner Hill to Arlington Boulevard, was given to Fairfax County. (Today this is Hillwood Avenue, Annandale Road, to Route 50). -
VA Legal Allowance for Segregation Laws
VA General Assembly voted for rights to allow segregation laws. -
Colored Citizens Protective League
Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson and Joseph Tinner organize the Colored Citizens Protective League. They were successful through letter writing to the Town Council and W.E.B. DuBois, to start a NAACP chapter, and prevent the law from being enforced. -
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Henderson and Tinner
Lead by Henderson and Tinner the African-Americans of Falls Church fight for access and opportunity. -
VA Law nullified
The VA General Assembly voted to nullify the segregation laws. -
NAACP
The Falls Church chapter of the NAACP is founded. -
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Columbia's First Woman Pastor
Mary Elizabeth Neves hired as Minster of Music. -
Larger Segregated School
Fight for a larger segregated elementary school. -
Postal Service
Fight for door-to-door postal service. -
Sanitary Sewers and Water
Fight for public sanitary sewers and water -
Integrating Schools
The first 3 black children attended a Falls Church integrated school. -
Street Lights
Fight for street lights -
Integrating the Girl and Cub Scouts
First integrated Girl Scout and Cub Scout troops allowed -
Officially Repealing the Residential Segregation Law
While not enforced since 1917, the racial residential segregation law is officially repealed.