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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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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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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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Jacob L. "JL" Morewitz
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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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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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Nancy Langhorne Shaw Astor
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Learn about Nancy Langhorne Shaw Astor.
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Political Sheet Music
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Politicians have long appreciated the value of a campaign song during an election year. A popular tune can rally the...
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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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The 100th Anniversary of The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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Urbanization in Virginia
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Learn about the process of urbanization in Virginia.
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Victory Gardens
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First promoted during World War I, war gardening, or victory gardens, provided American citizens an opportunity to...