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A Life Rediscovered: The Story of Emily Winfree
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Abolitionist Pitcher
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Learn about how this pitcher based on Uncle Tom's Cabin was used as propoganda in the mid-1800s.
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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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Booker T. Washington
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Learn about Booker T. Washington.
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Brochure, Remember May 17th
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Learn the importance of May 17th in history.
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Changing the Commonwealth with Crayons
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Clemenceau Givings Scrapbook (c. 1944)
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Commencement
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Learn more about items related to commencement exercises in the VHS collections.
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Duke Ellington at the Mosque
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Late in his career, jazz great Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington composed three "Sacred Concerts," longer works made up of...
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Education in Virginia
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Possum Hollow Schoolhouse, Floyd County, 1910
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Elizabeth Keckley
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Born a slave in Dinwiddie County, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818–1907) purchased her freedom in 1855 and supported...
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Ella Fitzgerald's False Eyelashes (c. 1950)
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Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity poster
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Learn about the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity.
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Equal Suffrage League of Virginia
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Learn about how the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia helped women gain the right to vote.
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Freedmen's Schools
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In the antebellum South, African Americans were generally prevented from receiving education. During the Civil War...
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James Jones Archive (1870s-1960s)
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Jim Crow to Civil Rights in Virginia
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Following the Civil War, black Virginians struggled to assert their independence and make freedom meaningful. In the...
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Joy to the World: The Christmas Story by Visionary Painter Linda Bruton
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Maggie Lena Walker
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Learn about Maggie Lena Walker, the first female bank president in America.
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Murals Inspired by the Story of Virginia
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