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Recent VFH Fellow on the Daily Show

Author and recent VFH Fellow Elizabeth Dowling Taylor tells Jon Stewart the story of Paul Jennings, one of James Madison's slaves who ultimately purchased his own freedom.

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Books & Literature

Virginia Festival of the Book

The Virginia Festival of the Book is a 5-day festival of mostly free literary events that are open to the public as we honor book culture and promote reading and literacy.

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African American Heritage

The Loving Story

Using found footage from the 1960s and contemporary interviews, this film tells the story of Richard and Mildred Loving: an interracial couple who were married at a time when interracial marriage was illegal in 16 states.

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Home, Bittersweet Home

BackStory

Help us shape an upcoming episode of BackStory as the History Guys trace the ideal that “Every American should own their own home,” back to its roots, and try to figure out whether or not that dream ever was or ever will be a reality.

Books & Literature

And So it Goes: Kurt Vonnegut, A Life Book Cover

And So It Goes

With Good Reason

Kurt Vonnegut’s experience as a WWII POW informed his writing decades later. This episode of With Good Reason includes an interview with Charles J. Shields, author of a new biography about the iconic counter-cultural author.