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Curators At Home: Virginia on Film
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On May 8, 2020, VMHC Sr. Director of Curatorial Affairs Andrew Talkov presented this program as part of our Curators At Home Series taped by...
Curators at Work: Paving the Way: Desegregating Transportation in Virginia
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Transportation was not merely a way to move about the state or country. The ability to travel across the United States became highly restricted as...
Curators at Work: These Things Can Be Done Film Discussion
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In August 2020, the U.S. celebrated the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote. “These Things Can...
Death and Rebirth in a Southern City: Richmond's Historic Cemeteries
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On April 8, 2021, Ryan K. Smith presented an exploration of the history and recovery of the burial grounds of Richmond, Virginia, through the lens of...
Determined
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Determined Traveling Exhibition
Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp
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On February 16, 2023, historian Brent Morris gave a lecture examining the lives of the maroons living in the Great Dismal Swamp and their struggles...
Edgar Allan Poe: Lessons for Creative Success from Literature’s Greatest Antihero
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On October 28, 2021, writer Catherine Baab-Muguira presented a lively and informative look at Edgar Allan Poe and how his life can teach us...
Ella Fitzgerald's False Eyelashes
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Equal Suffrage League of Virginia
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Eye of the Storm: The Civil War Drawings of Robert Knox Sneden
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Fellow Travelers on the Road to Black Ned’s Forge by Turk McCleskey
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On February 19 at noon, Turk McCleskey delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Fellow Travelers on the Road to Black Ned’s Forge.”
Edward Tarr, known...
Founding Frenemies
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Freedmen's Schools
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From Marshall to Moussaoui: Federal Justice in the Eastern District of Virginia
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On February 5, 2015, John O. Peters, author of "From Marshall to Moussaoui: Federal Justice in the Eastern District of Virginia," was interviewed by...
From Reel to Real Indians
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On November 20, 2019, the VMHC presented a screening of the award-winning film Reel Injun (2009, 88 minutes) by Cree-Canadian filmmaker Neil Diamond....
Gerrymanders: How Redistricting Has Protected Slavery, White Supremacy, and Partisan Minorities in Virginia
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On January 9, 2020, Brent Tarter presented a Banner Lecture about his most recent book, Gerrymanders: How Redistricting Has Protected Slavery, White...
Glee Clubs
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Hampton Institute and Booker T. Washington
Hampton Roads Murder and Mayhem: The Darker Side of the Tidewater
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On March 14, 2019, Nancy E. Sheppard delivered the Banner Lecture, “Hampton Roads Murder and Mayhem: The Darker Side of the Tidewater.”
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