Archive for June 2020

Every day hundreds of people drive past Oberlin Road. The area was once home to a vibrant village built by ….. https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/oberlin-village-a-forgotten-local-black-history/…Read More

Historic Oberlin Village was named by James E. Harris, who had been freed from slavery. He named the village after Oberlin College in … https://www.wral.com/oberlin-village-a-community-built-by-people-freed-from-slavery-in-raleigh/19148522/…Read More

Oberlin Village was a historic freedman’s village, a community of freed slaves built by the men and women emancipated from slavery, including … https://www.wral.com/daniels-middle-school-renamed-for-oberlin-historic-freedman-s-community/19146514/…Read More