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In the True Blue’s Wake: Slavery and Freedom among the Families of Smithfield Plantation
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On July 14th, 2022, historian Daniel Thorp held a lecture about his latest book, In The True Blue’s Wake: Slavery and Freedom among the Families of...
Inside the Jemima Code: The Joy of African American Cooking
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On April 6, 2018, Toni Tipton-Martin presented a Banner Lecture about her book, “Inside the Jemima Code: The Joy of African American Cooking.”
Women...
Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood
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On February 13, 2020, Cynthia A. Kierner delivered the Banner Lecture, "Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the...
Is Cancer Still the Emperor? How Innovative Research and Treatments Offer Hope for a Cure
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In 2009, physician, researcher, and science writer, Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, published his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Emperor of All Maladies...
Joan Stokes Jones — Rosenwald Schools Oral History
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Bena-Hayes and County Training School, Gloucester County (1943–1954).
This oral history is presented as part of the exhibition "A Better Life for Their...
John Brown's Raid in American Memory
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As a major part of the national acknowledgment of the 150th anniversary of John Brown's raid on the Federal Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, the...
John Marshall Judicial Robe Exhibit Preview
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This recording is of a past program by the John Marshall Center for Constitutional History & Civics, as part of a series featuring constitutional...
John Marshall: The Final Founder
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This recording is of a past program by the John Marshall Center for Constitutional History & Civics, as part of a series featuring constitutional...
John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court
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On November 12, 2018, Richard Brookhiser delivered the banner lecture, “John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court.”
In 1801, a genial and...
John Randolph of Roanoke
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“Keep It a Holy Thing”: Lee Chapel’s Greatest Challenge
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On August 2, 2018, David Cox delivered a banner lecture, “‘Keep It a Holy Thing’: Lee Chapel’s Greatest Challenge.”
The chapel that Robert E. Lee...
Keep On Keeping On: The NAACP and the Implementation of Brown v. Board of Education in Virginia
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On September 12, 2019, Brian J. Daugherity delivered the Banner Lecture, “Keep on Keeping On: The NAACP and the Implementation of Brown v. Board of...
Kill Jeff Davis: The Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond in 1864
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On March 24 and noon, Bruce M. Venter delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Kill Jeff Davis: The Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond in 1864."
The...
Knights of the Golden Circle: Secret Empire, Secession, Civil War
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On June 13, 2013, David C. Keehn delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Knights of the Golden Circle: Secret Empire, Secession, Civil War."
The Knights...
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
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Last Chance for Peace: Virginia's Role in the Washington Peace Conference of 1861 by Mark Tooley
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On August 25 at noon, Mark Tooley delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Last Chance for Peace: Virginia's Role in the Washington Peace Conference of...
Leadership and Decision-Making in the D-Day Invasion (Christian Lecture 2015)
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On May 14, Craig L. Symonds delivered the 2015 Stuart G. Christian, Jr. Lecture entitled “Leadership and Decision-Making in the D-Day Invasion.”
On...
Lee and Grant By William M.S. Rasmussen
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On November 1, 2007, William M. S. Rasmussen delivered a lecture in conjunction with the exhibition, Lee and Grant.
The two great opposing military...
Lee and the Historians in the Age of the Anti-Hero By Robert K. Krick
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According to some recent historians, Gen. Robert E. Lee was not a hero to southerners during the Civil War but only afterward. Robert K. Krick argues...
Lee at Appomattox (Chauncey Lecture 2014)
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On June 5, 2014, Elizabeth R. Varon delivered the 2014 Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture, "Lee at Appomattox."
Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S...