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Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
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On November 16, 2011, Tony Horwitz delivered the Alexander W. Weddell Trustees lecture entitled "Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked...
Nadine Armstrong — Rosenwald Schools Oral History
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West View School, Fluvanna County (1954).
This oral history is presented as part of the exhibition "A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald...
Native Southerners: The Indigenous People Who Made and Remade the South
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On May 9, 2019, Gregory D. Smithers delivered the Banner Lecture, “Native Southerners: The Indigenous People Who Made and Remade the South.”
Long...
Navigating Native Land and Water in the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake
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On November 30, 2023, historian Jessica Taylor discussed the subject of her new book, Plain Paths and Dividing Lines: Navigating Native Land and Water...
On the Back Roads Again: More People, Places, and Pie Around Virginia
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On October 20 at noon, Bob Brown and Bill Lohmann delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “On the Back Roads Again: More People, Places, and Pie Around...
Pat Beach — Rosenwald Schools Oral History
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Cape Charles Elementary, Northampton County (1950–1958).
This oral history is presented as part of the exhibition "A Better Life for Their Children...
Pocahontas – Ambassador of Cross Culture Understanding (Pocahontas Symposium: Session 1)
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Few figures from the American past are better known than the young Powhatan woman who has come down to us as “Pocahontas.” Her fame began in her own...
Pocahontas – Legacy, Myths, Realities and Relevance (Pocahontas Symposium: Session 3)
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Few figures from the American past are better known than the young Powhatan woman who has come down to us as “Pocahontas.” Her fame began in her own...
Pocahontas – Religion and Faith (Pocahontas Symposium: Session 2)
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Few figures from the American past are better known than the young Powhatan woman who has come down to us as “Pocahontas.” Her fame began in her own...
Racial Reconciliation in Modern Richmond
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On February 8, 2024, historian Marvin T. Chiles discussed the subject of his new book, The Struggle to Change: Race and the Politics of Reconciliation...
Recovering History, Reclaiming the Present: The Apalachee Diaspora since the 16th Century
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On April 7, 2022, Kimberly C. Borchard presented a lecture about the 500-year-old myth of Appalachian gold and its catastrophic consequences for the...
Remembering Queena
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This special program celebrated the opening of the Virginia Museum of History and Culture’s exhibition, "Inside Looking Out: The Art of Queena Stovall...
Retired Wake Forest University Law Professor Beth Hopkins on civil rights pioneer Daisy Bates
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This recording is of a past program by the John Marshall Center for Constitutional History & Civics, as part of a series featuring constitutional...
Rev. Joseph Haden — Rosenwald Schools Oral History
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Second Union School, Goochland County (1949–1955).
This oral history is presented as part of the exhibition "A Better Life for Their Children: Julius...
Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
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On May 5, 2021, Ty Seidule showcased why some of this country’s oldest wounds have never healed.
In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier...
Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth
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On October 1, 2019, Kevin M. Levin delivered a Banner Lecture entitled, “Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth.”
Mor...
Searching for Stonewall Jackson
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On January 30, 2020, Ben Cleary delivered the Banner Lecture, "Searching for Stonewall Jackson: A Quest for Legacy in a Divided America."
Thomas...
Slave Auction Painting: Analyzing Primary Sources
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In this video, a VMHC Educator analyzes the painting Slave Auction, Virginia, by LeFevre Cranstone.
Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel
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On September 14, 2017, Sharon B. Smith delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Stonewall Jackson's Little Sorrel.”
During the Civil War and throughout...
The 1811 Richmond Theater Fire
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