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Affidavit, 1693

Arthur Ashe Jr.’s Family Tree: Tracing the Blackwell Family to 1735

Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine

In grocery store aisles and kitchens across the country, smiling images of “Aunt Jemima” and other historical and fictional black cooks can be found...
Curators At Home: Virginia Stories from the Underground Railroad

On June 5, 2020, VMHC Museum Collections Curator Dr. Karen A. Sherry presented this program as part of our Curators At Home Series presented by...
Death and Rebirth in a Southern City: Richmond's Historic Cemeteries

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

Determined Traveling Exhibition
Fellow Travelers on the Road to Black Ned’s Forge

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...
Fellow Travelers on the Road to Black Ned’s Forge by Turk McCleskey

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...
Freedom and Unfreedom in the Great Dismal Swamp

In this Banner Lecture on June 4, 2020, Marcus P. Nevius traces the long-standing phenomenon of petit marronage (indefinite slave flight) as an act of...
Gerrymanders: How Redistricting Has Protected Slavery, White Supremacy, and Partisan Minorities in Virginia

On January 9, 2020, Brent Tarter presented a Banner Lecture about his most recent book, Gerrymanders: How Redistricting Has Protected Slavery, White...
Hampton Roads Murder and Mayhem: The Darker Side of the Tidewater

On March 14, 2019, Nancy E. Sheppard delivered the Banner Lecture, “Hampton Roads Murder and Mayhem: The Darker Side of the Tidewater.”
Join two...
In the True Blue’s Wake: Slavery and Freedom among the Families of Smithfield Plantation

On July 14th, 2022, historian Daniel Thorp held a lecture about his latest book, In The True Blue’s Wake: Slavery and Freedom among the Families of...
Murals Inspired by the Story of Virginia

Olaudah Equiano

Planter Oligarchy on Virginia’s Northern Neck

Reclamation: How a Monticello Descendant Uncovered and Restored Her Family’s Heritage

Join Gayle Jessup White, author of Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant’s Search for Her Family’s Lasting Legacy, as she...
Sites and Stories: African American History in Virginia

On February 14, 2008, Lauranett Lee spoke about “Sites and Stories: African American History in Virginia.”
Historic highway markers are beloved...
The French and Indian War

The History Crisis in America: Myth and Reality

On July 9 at noon, Charles F. Bryan, Jr., delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "The History Crisis in America: Myth and Reality."
History occupies...