An Alexandria preservation group has launched a last-ditch effort to save a historic African-American landmark from being destroyed.

For two years, the owner of the Carver Nursery School, which was built to educate blacks during World War II, has been trying to sell it to preservationists who in 2010 filed a lawsuit to prevent him from tearing it down.

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