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Play ball! America’s Doughboys and the National Pastime in the Great War
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On August 29, 2019, Alexander F. Barnes delivered the Banner Lecture, “Play ball! America's Doughboys and the National Pastime in the Great War.” In...
Proud American Day program
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Racial Reconciliation in Modern Richmond
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On February 8, 2024, historian Marvin T. Chiles discussed the subject of his new book, The Struggle to Change: Race and the Politics of Reconciliation...
Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila
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On October 30, 2018, James M. Scott delivered the banner lecture, “Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila.”
General Douglas...
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...
Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
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On May 7 at noon, S. C. Gwynne delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson."
Stonew...
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
Reconstruction
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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...
Rev. Joseph Haden — Rosenwald Schools Oral History
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Second Union School, Goochland County (1949–1955).
This oral history is presented as part of the exhibition "A Better Life for Their Children: Julius...
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 in the Midst of the Civil War
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Rising Black Consciousness
Robert E. Lee: Lessons in Leadership by Noah Andre Trudeau
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On January 28, 2010, Noah Andre Trudeau delivered a lecture on his book Robert E. Lee. Almost 150 years after the fact, Robert E. Lee remains a...
Robert E. Lee after the War
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Robert Edward Lee
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