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The Gardens
Learn more about the gardens at Virginia House.
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The Green Decision of 1968
By 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court had lost patience with the slow pace of school integration. In New Kent County, Virginia
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The House
Virginia House was completed in 1928, and in 1929 it was presented to VHS.
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The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was a heroic episode in American history. It aimed to give African Americans the same citizenship rights that whites took for granted.
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The Weddells
Learn more about Alexander Weddell and Virginia Chase Steedman Weddell.
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The World of Jim Crow
After the Civil War, Black Americans were no longer enslaved but they had not achieved equal status with whites in American
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Theodore de Bry's Engravings
In 1590, Theodore de Bry reprinted Thomas Hariot's A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia. The text was
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Thomas Tyler Bouldin
Thomas Tyler Bouldin (1813-1891)of “Golden Hills,” Charlotte County, Va. List of CorrespondentsCall Number Mss1 B6638 a Section 11 Individuals...
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Turning Point: World War II
P. B. Young, editor of the Norfolk Journal and Guide, a black newspaper, spoke from the heart when he told white liberals,
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Virginia on the Eve of War
In 1917, Virginia was largely rural and poor. Although there was a growing migration to cities, three out of four Virginians
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Voting Rights
To circumvent the Fifteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guaranteed voting rights to Black men, the 1901–02
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W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP
W. E. B. Du Bois was the first black recipient of a Ph.D. from Harvard University. In The Souls of Black Folks, published in
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Waging War - The Battlefront
The easiest way to defeat the secessionist movement seemed to be to capture Richmond, the seat of the Confederate government
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Walter Spencer Robertson, Section 15
A Guide to the Papers, 1824-2002, of Walter Spencer Robertson.Section 15. Correspondence of Mary Dade (Taylor) Robertson (1899-2001).Call Number Mss1...
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Walter Spencer Robertson, Section 5
A Guide to the Papers, 1824-2002, of Walter Spencer Robertson (1893-1970).Section 5. Correspondence, 1910-1970, of Walter Spencer Robertson.Call...
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Wise Family, Section 14
Wise Family Papers, 1840-1967. Section 14.Correspondence, 1872-1913, of John Sergeant WiseCall Number Mss1 W7547 a 103-5,318 Index to Correspondents...
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Wise Family, Sestion 51
Wise Family Papers, 1840-1967. Section 51.Correspondence, 1886-1967, of Henry Alexander WiseCall Number Mss1 W7547 a 6,703-15,040 Index to...
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Wormeley Family
The Wormeley family was one of the earliest to achieve prominence in Virginia. The first Ralph Wormeley, resident in the
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Young Family, Section 18
Young family papers, 1835-1900. Section 18 Mss1 Y885 a 660-701 Index to Correspondents and Subjects Adams, John SEE Young, Elizabeth (Steel) Baird, E...