Black community’s legacy in Williamsburg recounted in film

There will be a public showing of the documentary trailer and a panel discussion at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at the Williamsburg Public Library on Boundary Street.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Jackie Bridgeforth-Williams has fond memories of her grandmother's home in Williamsburg, located in a once vibrant Black community near the Historic Triangle. 

"There were homes. There were businesses. There were stores. There was the first Black doctor to come to Williamsburg," she said. "And during that time those businesses served (African-American people) because the other businesses would not."  

She . . .