Diversity on DoG Street: The History of Black, Indigenous, and Queer Communities’ Representation at Colonial Williamsburg and William & Mary’s Historic Campus

Despite composing over fifty percent of the population in colonial era Williamsburg, marginalized communities are historically underrepresented in the textual content, artifacts, programming, and staffing of museum spaces along Duke of Gloucester (DoG) Street. This thesis, “Diversity on DoG Street: The History of Black, Indigenous, and Queer Communities’ Representation at Colonial Williamsburg and William & Mary’s Historic Campus,” is a study in the current and historical state of marginalized communities’ representation, involvement, and inclusion in the museum field using Colonial Williamsburg and William & Mary’s Historic Campus as a case study. It answers the question “How have marginalized communities, specifically Black, Indigenous, and Queer Communities, been portrayed in Colonial Williamsburg and on William & Mary’s Historic Campus?” using corporate archives, interviews with employees, online descriptions of programs, news articles, and secondary sources.