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Virginia African American Community Wins National Recognition

The Brown Grove Rural Historic District has been designated a National Historic Landmark as the community pushes back against the construction of a nearby grocery distribution center. In our weekly series with the Bay Journal Delmarva Public Media's Don Rush talks with staff writer Whitney Pipkin about the African American community whose historic reaches back to Reconstruction and the significance of recent state court victories.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.