PreserveCast

The Williamsburg Bray School with Dr. Maureen Elgersman Lee


Listen Later

Join us on this week’s PreserveCast as we talk with Dr. Maureen Elgersman Lee about her work at the Bray School Lab at William & Mary. Dr. Lee shares some background on the Williamsburg Bray school that was hidden in plain sight for over 200 years on the William & Mary campus in Virginia, and some of its history as the oldest extant building dedicated to the education of Black children in the United States.

BIO: Dr. Maureen Elgersman Lee is the Mellon Engagement Coordinator for African American Heritage and Director of the Bray School Lab at William & Mary. A history professor for more than two decades, she has held academic and/or administrative positions at universities in Georgia, Maine, and Virginia—and spent five years as executive director of Richmond’s Black History Museum. An award-winning scholar and professor, Maureen has produced numerous books and articles on various aspects of Black history in the United States, Canada, and the British Caribbean.  Her current book project is a new collection on the Williamsburg Bray School (1760-1774) to be co-edited with Nicole Brown and published by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in 2026.

Learn More: https://www.wm.edu/sites/brayschool/people/elgersman-lee-m.php

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

PreserveCastBy Preservation Maryland

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

40 ratings


More shows like PreserveCast

View all
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! by NPR

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

38,752 Listeners

This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

91,052 Listeners

99% Invisible by Roman Mars

99% Invisible

26,184 Listeners

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine by Justin McElroy, Dr. Sydnee McElroy

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

14,800 Listeners

Historic Royal Palaces Podcast by Historic Royal Palaces

Historic Royal Palaces Podcast

450 Listeners

Revisionist History: The Alabama Murders by Pushkin Industries

Revisionist History: The Alabama Murders

59,034 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

112,571 Listeners

Up First from NPR by NPR

Up First from NPR

56,487 Listeners

Dressed: The History of Fashion by Dressed Media

Dressed: The History of Fashion

1,507 Listeners

SmartLess by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett

SmartLess

58,252 Listeners

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson by Higher Ground

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson

12,634 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

16,097 Listeners

We Can Do Hard Things by Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

We Can Do Hard Things

41,482 Listeners

We're Here to Help by Headgum

We're Here to Help

4,100 Listeners

Sources & Methods by NPR

Sources & Methods

569 Listeners