Near Williamsburg in James City County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

A Famous African-American Dream

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, May 22, 2010

1. A Famous African American Dream Marker

Inscription. The earliest African-American national radio and television minister and advisor of three American presidents, the Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux purchased the lands around you in 1936. His dream was to establish a farm and a national memorial to the progress of African-Americans in this country. The first African-Americans in British Colonial America landed in Virginia, possibly at Jamestown, in 1619.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Colonial Era • Communications • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1936.

Location. 37° 12.915′ N, 76° 43′ W. Marker is near Williamsburg, Virginia, in James City County. It can be reached from Colonial National Historic Parkway west of 3.1 (Virginia Route 199). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Williamsburg VA 23185, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Virginia’s Peninsula,

in Coastal Virginia,

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Archers Hope (within shouting distance of this marker); Saint-Simon (approx. one mile away); James River (approx. one mile away); Attempted Settlement (approx. 1.3 miles away); College Creek (approx. 1.3 miles away); Glebe Land

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(approx. 1.4 miles away); Jamestown Island (approx. 1.4 miles away); A Site of Habitation (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Williamsburg.

Also see . . . Colonial Parkway. (Submitted on May 23, 2010.)

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, May 22, 2010

2. A Famous African American Dream Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,137 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 23, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.