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A Life Rediscovered: The Story of Emily Winfree

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An oval portrait in black and white 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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Affidavit, 1693

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This affidavit, dated March 22, 1693, is from Warwick County (now Newport News), Virginia. It was submitted to Governor...
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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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A photograph of Bellen Woodard and her More Than Peach Project.
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Clemenceau Givings Scrapbook (c. 1944)

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Embroidered felt patch, "SPIT FIRE." Circular patch features a black, fire-breathing panther in the center embroidered on a yellow felt field. Blue emboidery is above and below the panther with "SPIT FIRE" embroidered in black on an orange embroidered field at the bottom.
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Colored Knights of Pythias Helmet (c. 1890)

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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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Dugout Canoe

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Learn about how dugout canoes were made in Virginia.
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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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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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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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From Horse-Driven to Gas-Fueled Transportation

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Photograph of the Progress Manufacturing Company
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How Did Slaves Support the Confederacy?

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The Burial of Latane by A.G. Campbell
Enslaved and free blacks provided even more labor than usual for Virginia farms when 89 percent of eligible white men...