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She Can Bring Us Home: Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, Civil Rights Pioneer
On August 20, 2015, Diane Kiesel delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "She Can Bring Us Home: Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, Civil Rights Pioneer."
At...
Sheltering Arms: A Legacy of Caring
On August 28 at noon, Anne Rutherford Lower delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Sheltering Arms: A Legacy of Caring."
Sheltering Arms: A Legacy of...
Sisters in Law: Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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...
Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation’s Highest Court
On May 9, 2018, Dr. Paul Finkelman and Dr. Edward L. Ayers engaged in a conversation about Dr. Finkelman’s latest book, “Supreme Injustice: Slavery in...
Telling Our Stories: School Desegregation in Western Virginia by Theodore C. DeLaney
On February 22, 2007, Dr. DeLaney delivered this Banner Lecture at the VHS. In 1954 the Supreme Court held in Brown v. Board of Education that...
The Blender
The Central Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc.
The Closing of Prince Edward County's Schools
The College of William and Mary
The Darling of Miller & Rhoads
The Ghosts of Eden Park
On October 10, 2019, Karen Abbott delivered a Banner Lecture entitled, “The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the...
The Green Decision of 1968
The Hero from Hopewell: The Rev. Curtis W. Harris and the Civil Rights Movement
On February 2, 2023, writer William Paul Lazarus gave a virtual lecture about his book, Virginia’s Civil Rights Hero: The Rev. Curtis W. Harris Sr.
J...
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 a...
The Honor of Membership
The League of Wives
The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home from Vietnam
On April 5, 2018, Heath Hardage Lee delivered the Banner Lecture, “The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government...
The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
The Letters of Oliver and Bernie Hill: The Making of a Legendary Civil Rights Lawyer
On February 6 at noon, Margaret Edds will delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "The Letters of Oliver and Bernie Hill: The Making of a Legendary Civil...