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"Hidden Figure" of GPS (Commonwealth Classroom)
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In this virtual event on February 19, 2021, VMHC Curator Karen Sherry led audiences in a conversation with Dr. Gladys West. Dr. West, a Dinwiddie...
A Native Son Comes Home: The Life and Legacy of Arthur Ashe
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On July 23 at noon, Eric Hall delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “A Native Son Comes Home: The Life and Legacy of Arthur Ashe.”
Virginia’s own...
A New Era in Building: Black Educational Activism in Goochland County, 1911–1932
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Join historians Brian Daugherity and Alyce Miller for a lecture about Black educational activism in Goochland County in the early twentieth century.
...Activism from Home 101 (Commonwealth Classroom)
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Interested in addressing a problem, making something better, or helping others in your community? Whether you are a veteran activist or a novice eager...
Agents of Change
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Agents of Change Traveling Exhibition
All Falling Faiths: Reflections on the Promise and Failure of the 1960s
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On March 29, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “All Falling Faiths: Reflections on the Promise and Failure of the...
Aluminum and Beer
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American Visions: The United States, 1800–1860
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On November 8, 2023, award-winning author Edward Ayers delivered a lecture about his book, American Visions: The United States, 1800–1860.
The early...
Apollo to the Moon: A History in Objects
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On July 20, 2023, historian and curator Teasel Muir-Harmony gave a lecture on the Apollo program, told through key objects of the Space Age. Project...
Arthur Ashe Boulevard Dedication Ceremony — Full Ceremony
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On Saturday, June 22, 2019, the Virginia Museum of History & Culture co-hosted the official dedication ceremony of Arthur Ashe Boulevard in...
Artists4ERA
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Before It Was Virginia: Setting the Stage
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On March 16, 2012, Helen C. Rountree delivered a lecture entitled "Before It Was Virginia: Setting the Stage."
When English settlers arrived here 400...
Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine
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In grocery store aisles and kitchens across the country, smiling images of “Aunt Jemima” and other historical and fictional black cooks can be found...
Brown I and Brown II
Brown's Battleground in Prince Edward County, Virginia
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On April 12, 2012, Jill Titus delivered a lecture entitled "Brown's Battleground in Prince Edward County, Virginia."
When the U.S. Supreme Court...
Captain John Smith
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Care Beyond National and Color Lines: Filipino Nurses in Virginia Across the 20th Century
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Christmas in the Trenches
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Civil Rights Movement in Virginia
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