CII

Christiansburg Industrial Institute

The historic Christiansburg Industrial Institute (CII) was the first high school in Southwest Virginia to educate the formerly enslaved. CII operated as a regional secondary school for African Americans from across the Commonwealth of Virginia and beyond for a century.

Juneteenth 2023: Black Empowerment, Joy & Legacy will be hosted on site of the historic campus of CII, located in Montgomery County, Virginia.

We invite you to join us in celebrating Juneteenth this year, on the sacred land of CII, in remembrance of the generations that came before - and the many gathered here now pushing forward, together, for justice today.

Thank you to our event partners!

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a monument to emancipation, innovation, and education.

Among the first generation of African Americans born free in the United States, Edgar Allen Long (1871-1924) served as principal of the historic Christiansburg Industrial Institute (CII) from 1906 until his death in 1924. The building that bears his name is a standing monument to Emancipation, Innovation, and Education in Southwest Virginia.

Watch the video below to learn more about the historic CII