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Exhibition
A Material World
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![P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, Virginia 23221 Photograph of Stephanie Lane wearing seven Swatch watches. Image courtesy of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.Enter FullscreenMore informationPhotograph of Stephanie Lane wearing seven Swatch watches. Image courtesy of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, Virginia 23221 Photograph of Stephanie Lane wearing seven Swatch watches. Image courtesy of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.Enter FullscreenMore informationPhotograph of Stephanie Lane wearing seven Swatch watches. Image courtesy of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/VHSpt5_22_1920x1440.jpg.webp?itok=-j31ypAX)
Featuring 43 iconic images from the archives of the Richmond Times-Dispatch and accompanied by historical objects that...
Article Set - Intro
Civil Rights Movement in Virginia
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![26 student protest 14'wide.jpg 26 student protest 14'wide.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/26%20student%20protest%2014%27wide.jpg.webp?itok=sc9_5xKV)
The civil rights movement of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s was one phase in the longer black freedom struggle that began when the first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619 and continues today.
Article Set - Chapter
Equal Access to Public Accommodations
Although integrating the nation's schools was the first priority of the civil rights movement, the denial of equal access to
Exhibition
Founding Frenemies
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![Exhibition display from Founding Frenemies Manuscripts and a feather pen on a table with an exhibit label showing a Twitter post](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/768x576-Founding-Frenemies-Preview_013.jpg.webp?itok=y29yaWri)
This exhibition explored Alexander Hamilton’s relationships with the founding generation of Virginians through rare...
Exhibition
Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!
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![Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown Exhibition Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown Exhibition installed in the gallery with small tree with red ornament in foreground](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Merry-Christmas-Charlie-Brown-Gallery_005_1920x1440.jpg.webp?itok=j0FcaWlj)
This exhibition examined the making of this animated classic and celebrated the anticipation, joy, and pitfalls of the...
Article Set - Chapter
Rising Black Consciousness
Part of the reasoning cited in the Brown decision was that discrimination greatly diminished Black pupils' self-esteem. As
Exhibition
Toys of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s
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![Gumby and Pokey Gumby and Pokey figurines](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/229_MHC-TOYS_2014_EDIT_1920x1440.jpg.webp?itok=G_y_-hVh)
Through this exhibition, visitors experienced the toys and their stories through three imagined living rooms that...