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W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP
War on the Home Front
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War or Murder?
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War Stories: Commemorating the Centennial of World War I
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War Zone: World War II off the North Carolina Coast
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On June 12 at noon, Kevin P. Duffus delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "War Zone: World War II off the North Carolina Coast."
For seven months in...
West Virginia v. EPA
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What Are the Five Physical Regions of Virginia’s Geography?
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What Caused the Civil War
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This video looks at the question "What Caused the Civil War." The video specifically looks at differences between the North and South and the outbreak...
What Exactly Is A Shadow Docket?
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Who Freed the Enslaved People?
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Who Looks at Lee Must Think of Washington By Robert Tilton
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In his 1866 poem, “Lee in the Capitol,” Herman Melville portrays a dignified Robert E. Lee advocating reconciliation before the Congressional...
Who Was American?
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Who was Oliver Hill?
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Why Did the Civil War Happen?
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Why is there a West Virginia?
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Why Richmond?
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William Cabell Rives: A Country to Serve
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On September 3 at noon, Barclay Rives delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “William Cabell Rives: A Country to Serve.”
Defying the president and...
Woodrow Wilson
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World War II Stamp Corsage (c. 1942)
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Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that Brought on the Civil War
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On March 24, 2011, Douglas R. Egerton delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that...