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Massive Resistance
Mending Walls RVA
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Ongoing Resistance to Desegregation
Patrick Henry Arguing the Parsons’ Cause
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Proud American Day program
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Richmond and the American Dream: Revolution and Reality
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On February 4 at noon, the Rev. Benjamin P. Campbell delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Richmond and the American Dream: Revolution and Reality.”
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Rising Black Consciousness
School Busing
She Can Bring Us Home: Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, Civil Rights Pioneer
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On August 20, 2015, Diane Kiesel delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "She Can Bring Us Home: Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, Civil Rights Pioneer."
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Sites and Stories: African American History in Virginia
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On February 14, 2008, Lauranett Lee spoke about “Sites and Stories: African American History in Virginia.”
Historic highway markers are beloved...
Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation’s Highest Court
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On May 9, 2018, Dr. Paul Finkelman and Dr. Edward L. Ayers engaged in a conversation about Dr. Finkelman’s latest book, “Supreme Injustice: Slavery in...
Surrender of the English Army at Yorktown
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Telling Our Stories: School Desegregation in Western Virginia by Theodore C. DeLaney
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On February 22, 2007, Dr. DeLaney delivered this Banner Lecture at the VHS. In 1954 the Supreme Court held in Brown v. Board of Education that...
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775–1777
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On October 23, 2019, Rick Atkinson delivered the J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr. Lecture entitled “The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to...
The Closing of Prince Edward County's Schools
The Green Decision of 1968
The History Crisis in America: Myth and Reality
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On July 9 at noon, Charles F. Bryan, Jr., delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "The History Crisis in America: Myth and Reality."
History occupies a...
The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
The Letters of Oliver and Bernie Hill: The Making of a Legendary Civil Rights Lawyer
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On February 6 at noon, Margaret Edds will delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "The Letters of Oliver and Bernie Hill: The Making of a Legendary Civil...
The Quest for Loving: Race, Sex, and the Freedom to Marry
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On August 6, 2015, at noon, Peter Wallenstein delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "The Quest for Loving: Race, Sex, and the Freedom to Marry."
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