The Newsome House

The Newsome House Museum honors the legacy of Joseph Thomas Newsome. We are open Thursday-Saturday, 10am to 5pm for tours. Please call ahead for large groups.

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Thank you all for joining us to celebrate our 30th Anniversary! An amazing weekend of events with much more to come!

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See the crimson camellias blooming at the Newsome House!

Mrs. Newsome likely planted these over 100 years ago! The Newsome House is on the registry of unique gardens in Virginia.

We are open Thursday-Saturday, 10am-5pm

Please call ahead for large groups!

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Famous NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson Has Died Aged 101. https://t.co/InO9eWizQc

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A unique experience at The Newsome House Museum giving an accessible tour with a group of persons with vision loss arranged by Access Virginia!

Thursday-Saturday, 10am-5pm
Please call ahead for large groups

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Air Quality at the Newsome House today is Good!

Come by for a tour, we are open Thursday-Saturday 10am-5pm.
Please call ahead for large groups!

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Great tour organized by Virginia Access with visually impaired community members! The audio descriptors were amazing, bringing out details about the artifacts.

We are open for walk-on tours Thursday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Please call ahead for large groups!

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Thank you to Newport News Fire Department Station 2 for coming to tour the Newsome House!

We are open for walk in tours Thursday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Please call ahead for large groups!

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The air quality at The Newsome House today is GOOD!

Perfect time to come for a tour of this historic home dedicated to the life and legacy of civil rights advocate J Thomas Newsome!

We are open Thur-Sat, 10am-5pm
Please call ahead for large groups!

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Interesting discourse today on the spelling of W.E.B. Du Bois…or is it DuBois?

His books, letters, and even passports seem to contradict each other. We can only add to this conversation a letter written to him from Lawyer Newsome in 1928 addressed to “My Dear Dr. DuBois.”

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@IBJIYONGI Somewhat incredibly, even his passports contradict one another!

His 1944 document shows his last name as DuBois: https://t.co/2qnSd4i8ec

His 1960 passport spells it (the way we do at the Center) as Du Bois: https://t.co/7I7eJEOXB0

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@JLab_News Thank you so much for your contribution! Your support greatly helps us continue serving this community!

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Jefferson Lab has proudly gifted over 40 archival boxes to the @NewsomeHouse museum and cultural center! The Newsome House is an historic & cultural landmark, serving as a Civil Rights beacon that's integral to the history of the Newport News community.

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Great visit today from folks at the Senior Station in Portsmouth to see our new exhibit Buildings and Business!

We are open for walk-in tours Thursday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Please call ahead for large groups!

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New Exhibit! Buildings and Business - The Landscape of African Americans in the East End of Newport News!

We are open Thrursday-Saturday, 10am-5pm

Please call ahead for large group!
757-247-2360
2803 Oak Avenue
Newport News, VA 23608

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@VAStateBar Thank you for highlighting Lawyer Newsome and his work!

In 1991, the Newsome family home opened as a museum and cultural center. Come by for a tour and see our exhibit dedicated to his life and legacy!

The Newsome House Museum
2803 Oak Ave.
Newport News,VA 23607
757-247-2360

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@NewsomeHouse @VSU_1882 @howardlawschool @CityofNN His gravestone in Hampton says simply: “He went about doing good.”

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@NewsomeHouse @VSU_1882 @howardlawschool @CityofNN Newsome died in 1942 and over 3,000 people attended his funeral. Today, the elegant Queen Anne style home he purchased in 1906 in Newport News has become the @NewsomeHouse Museum & Cultural Center, featuring exhibits related to African American history and culture.

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@NewsomeHouse @VSU_1882 @howardlawschool @CityofNN In addition, Newsome argued for civil rights as the newspaper editor of the Newport News Star and worked as a civil rights activist who tried to improve the lives of many.

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@NewsomeHouse @VSU_1882 @howardlawschool @CityofNN “Lawyer Newsome,” as he was known, helped establish Huntington High School—the first African American high school in Newport News—and worked throughout his career to help Black Virginians vote despite the many racist obstacles to voting.

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@NewsomeHouse @VSU_1882 @howardlawschool @CityofNN He was one of the first Black attorneys to win a case before the Supreme Court of Virginia when he and another Black lawyer, co-counsel Andrew W.E. Bassett, won Davis v. Allen, a voter suppression case, in 1931.

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@NewsomeHouse Newsome’s parents had been enslaved, but despite this hardship his keen intelligence helped him make his way to what is now @VSU_1882. He later graduated from @howardlawschool in 1898.

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In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, we look back at the life of prominent Virginia lawyer J. Thomas Newsome, who was born in 1869 in Sussex County.