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Mary Peake & Barbara Johns: A Fight for Academic Equality
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Massive Resistance
In 1954, the political organization of U.S. senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr., controlled Virginia politics. Senator Byrd promoted
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May 1967
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McCandlish - Olney: photographs and portraits of groups
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, prints and
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Memory
Which John Brown have Americans remembered? The crusader for abolition or the bloodthirsty terrorist? Brown was not forgotten
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Nancy Bailey Cogsdale — Breaking Barriers in Wartime
World War II opened new opportunities for women in the military and on the home front. In 1943, Nancy Bailey (1922–2020
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November 1967
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October 1967
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Off to War
Following United States entry into the war, the army designated Newport News and New York City as ports of embarkation
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Ongoing Resistance to Desegregation
By 1964, five years after the end of Massive Resistance, only 5 percent of black students in Virginia were attending
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Online Resources
Anyone conducting research on the Civil War in Virginia is faced with a daunting task. Thousands of books have been written
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Pacific - Ryland: photographs and portraits of groups
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, prints and
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Patriot
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Patriotism on the Home Front
Three-fourths of the wartime organizations in Virginia were women’s groups. These included the YWCA, Equal Suffrage League
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Political Decline and Westward Migration
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The political stature of Virginia declined on the national stage when no successors of ability emerged to replace the...
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Racial Inequality
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Confederate defeat threatened to change white southern identity. Suddenly African Americans were free to determine the...
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Raid, Incarceration, and Execution
Although John Brown and his followers easily captured the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia
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Reconciliation
After Appomattox, Ulysses S. Grant was the savior of the United States, while Robert E. Lee was the greatest hero of the Lost
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Reconstruction
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During the decade following the Civil War, former Confederate states were required to “reconstruct” their state...
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Returning Home
The guns of the Western Front fell silent on November 11, 1918. The armistice marked a victory for the Allies, including the