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Pocahontas – Religion and Faith (Pocahontas Symposium: Session 2)
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Few figures from the American past are better known than the young Powhatan woman who has come down to us as “Pocahontas.” Her fame began in her own...
Pocahontas Remembered… An Ocean Away
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Political Decline and Westward Migration
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Political Sheet Music
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Proud American Day program
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Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through his Private Letters by Elizabeth Brown Pryor
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On May 24, 2007, Ms. Pryor delivered this lecture on her book, Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through his Private Letters.
Since his...
Rebellious Passage: The Creole Revolt and America's Coastal Slave Trade
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On March 18, 2021, Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie presented the Banner Lecture "Rebellious Passage" about the first comprehensive history of the ship revolt...
Reclamation: How a Monticello Descendant Uncovered and Restored Her Family’s Heritage
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Join Gayle Jessup White, author of Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant’s Search for Her Family’s Lasting Legacy, as she...
Reconciliation
Recovering History, Reclaiming the Present: The Apalachee Diaspora since the 16th Century
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On April 7, 2022, Kimberly C. Borchard presented a lecture about the 500-year-old myth of Appalachian gold and its catastrophic consequences for the...
Religion and Race in the Story of Public Executions in the South
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On June 6, 2023, Virginia-born historian Michael Trotti as he shared stories from his research on the movement from public legal executions in the...
Retired Wake Forest University Law Professor Beth Hopkins on civil rights pioneer Daisy Bates
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This recording is of a past program by the John Marshall Center for Constitutional History & Civics, as part of a series featuring constitutional...
Richmond and the American Dream: Revolution and Reality
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On February 4 at noon, the Rev. Benjamin P. Campbell delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Richmond and the American Dream: Revolution and Reality.”
T...
Richmond’s Gilded Age: The Grit Behind the Glitz
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On November 2, 2017, Brian Burns delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Richmond’s Gilded Age: The Grit Behind the Glitz.”
In the aftermath of the...
Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
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On May 5, 2021, Ty Seidule showcased why some of this country’s oldest wounds have never healed.
In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier...
Robert Edward Lee
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Robert Knox Sneden Chronology
Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth
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On October 1, 2019, Kevin M. Levin delivered a Banner Lecture entitled, “Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth.”
Mor...
Searching for Stonewall Jackson
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On January 30, 2020, Ben Cleary delivered the Banner Lecture, "Searching for Stonewall Jackson: A Quest for Legacy in a Divided America."
Thomas...
Separate and Unequal: The Breakdown of Segregation in Virginia Schools
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