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Advice and Etiquette Books

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A Book Every Body Should Possess. This simple statement highlights the importance placed on advice and etiquette books...
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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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Care Beyond National and Color Lines: Filipino Nurses in Virginia Across the 20th Century

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Photograph of Araceli Marcial and her cohort during the Chinese General Hospital School of Nursing graduation march
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Colored Knights of Pythias Helmet (c. 1890)

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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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Engraving of Elizabeth Keckley
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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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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James Jones Archive (1870s-1960s)

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Jim Crow to Civil Rights in Virginia

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Bury Jim Crow
Following the Civil War, black Virginians struggled to assert their independence and make freedom meaningful. In the...
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Let Us Commence: Graduating At A Distance

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Samantha Hukeless’s diploma from Van de Vyver Institute.
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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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Mary-Cooke Branch Munford

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Learn how Mary-Cooke Branch Munford helped improve education in Virginia.
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Murals Inspired by the Story of Virginia

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Ed Trask paints a mural of flowers
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New Normals for the Old Dominion

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Proud American Day program

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Learn about the beginning of Black History Month.
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Separate and Unequal: The Breakdown of Segregation in Virginia Schools

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Historic photograph of two black teenage girls protesting school closings
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The Honor of Membership

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The governing body of the museum has elected close to 200 honorary members in its 175-year history. The long list...
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Urbanization in Virginia

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Learn about the process of urbanization in Virginia.