Applying the humanities to contemporary human questions.
Documents Compass worked with the staff of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation to build a system to house all of the oral histories for the Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello exhibit, in particular, for the Getting Word oral history project.
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This episode of With Good Reason explores how the news networks shaped attitudes about race relations during the Civil Rights Movement and speaks with the illustrator of the children’s book “Odetta: The Queen of Folk”.
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Tues. Feb. 14 – Join us as VFH Fellow Lawrie Balfour makes the case that reparation claims are worthy of attention precisely because they have been dismissed as unthinkable.
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This entry from Encyclopedia Virginia explores many of the reasons slaves and indentured servants ran away from their masters – to flee abuse, to find family, to pursue a better life – as well as the punishments for escaping.
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The second annual statewide meeting of the Virginia African American Museums and Historic Sites Network will take place on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the City Center Marriot in Newport News.
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Funded in part by a grant from VFH, the exhibit RACE: Are We So Different examines the topic of race from scientific, historical and cultural perspectives.
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This episode of With Good Reason explores one of the great stories in the struggle for Civil Rights. In 1951 a group of African American students at Robert R. Moton High School organized a strike to protest the substandard school facilities provided for black students.
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Screening at the Paramount Theater of the recent HBO documentary Sing Your Song followed by a discussion with Harry Belafonte and Julian Bond.
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In this episode of With Good Reason the poetry of children inspired a recent classical music piece in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Also, using a collection racist memorabilia to educate people about racism in America.
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