Highlighting Black history across Hampton Roads, new guidebook offers itinerary

A regional guidebook about Black history across Hampton Roads highlights notable places, events and stories of trials and triumphs. The guide, called “A Trail of Trials and Triumphs: Unveiling Black History in Hampton Roads,” was compiled by Virginia Beach council member Amelia Ross-Hammond, who also founded and chairs the Virginia African American Cultural Center, as well as Virginia Travel Association President Kurt Krause. The goal is to help people learn more about and explore a region ripe with African American heritage. “In the tapestry of American history, few regions resonate with the echoes of the African American experience as profoundly as Hampton Roads,...