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Equal Suffrage League of Virginia
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Escape!: The Story of the Confederacy's Infamous Libby Prison and the Civil War's Largest Jail Break
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On September 2, 2021, historian Robert P. Watson delivered a Banner Lecture about his research and book about the Confederacy’s infamous Libby Prison...
Establishing a Nation
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Ethel Olivis Bluett — Rosenwald Schools Oral History
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Bethel School & County Training School, Gloucester County (1940–1952).
This oral history is presented as part of the exhibition "A Better Life for...
Exploration of the New World
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Eye of the Storm: The Civil War Drawings of Robert Knox Sneden
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FDR and Marshall: The Men Who Saved D-Day (George C. Marshall Foundation Lecture 2019)
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On May 14, 2019, author Nigel Hamilton delivered the George C. Marshall Foundation Lecture.
In honor of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings...
Fellow Travelers on the Road to Black Ned’s Forge by Turk McCleskey
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On February 19 at noon, Turk McCleskey delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Fellow Travelers on the Road to Black Ned’s Forge.”
Edward Tarr, known...
Fellow Travelers on the Road to Black Ned’s Forge
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On February 19 at noon, Turk McCleskey delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Fellow Travelers on the Road to Black Ned’s Forge."
Edward Tarr, known...
Female African American Civil Rights Pioneers in Education: The Road to Brown & Beyond
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Professor Beth Hopkins, Wake Forest University Law School (Retired) and JMC Board Member, explores the women pioneers of Brown & Beyond. Hopkins is...
Fighting for America: The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519-1871
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On March 28, 2012, Jeremy Black delivered a lecture entitled "Fighting for America: The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519–1871."
In his...
Fighting for Freedom: African Americans and the War of 1812
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On Wednesday September 4, Gene Allen Smith delivered a banner lecture entitled “Fighting for Freedom: African Americans and the War of 1812.”
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Fighting for Freedom: African Americans and the War of 1812
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On Wednesday September, 4, Gene Allen Smith, delivered a banner lecture entitled "Fighting for Freedom: African Americans and the War of 1812."
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Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War by Michael Kranish
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On March 4, 2010, Michael Kranish delivered a lecture on his book, Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War. In his new book, Michael Kranish...
For Better or For Worse: The Journey of a POW and His Wife By Phyllis and Paul Galanti
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On June 11, 2009, Phyllis and Paul Galanti delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “For Better or For Worse: The Journey of a POW and His Wife.” In June...
Founding Frenemies: Hamilton and The Virginians
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Frank James — Rosenwald Schools Oral History
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Campbell County Training School (1952–1957).
This oral history is presented as part of the exhibition "A Better Life for Their Children: Julius...
Freedmen's Schools
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Freedom and Unfreedom in the Great Dismal Swamp
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In this Banner Lecture on June 4, 2020, Marcus P. Nevius traces the long-standing phenomenon of petit marronage (indefinite slave flight) as an act of...