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Arthur Ashe Jr.’s Family Tree: Tracing the Blackwell Family to 1735

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See a rare family tree, drawn by hand on canvas, tracing Arthur Ashe, Jr.’s family.
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Diderot's Encyclopédie

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Housed within the library collections of the museum is a complete thirty-five volume set of Diderot's Encyclopédie.
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Murals Inspired by the Story of Virginia

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Ed Trask paints a mural of flowers
Richmond is now home to more than 100 outdoor murals, and this popular form of artwork reflects the city’s modernity and...
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Olaudah Equiano

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Snatched from his Ibo village in Nigeria at the age of eleven, Equiano (c. 1745-1797) was transported to Barbados...
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Tom Molineaux

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Born into enslavement on a Virginia plantation, Tom Molineaux (1784–1818) fought fellow enslaved people while plantation...
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Why We Need to Talk About James Armistead Lafayette

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James Armistead Lafayette was an enslaved man who, during the American Revolution, volunteered to join the Continental...