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News and Events
NewsNew Exhibition Tells the Story of a Lost Roanoke Neighborhood
David Ramey’s colorful illustrations capture life in Roanoke’s thriving Black communities of Gainsboro and Northeast before they were razed in the name of “urban renewal.” His drawings and stories are on display in a new exhibition featured at the Taubman Museum of Art and the Harrison Museum of African American Culture in Roanoke.
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Afrolantica: On Deadly Imaginations & Disappeared Archives
The Afrolantica art exhibition centers the narratives of fugitive slaves in Virginia which include necessary speculation to supplement the missing citations of maroon life, fugitivity, and antiblack terror. In the …
NewsDecades of Destruction
A new series of entries from our Encyclopedia Virginia will examine the federal roots of urban renewal policies in Virginia and their impact in five locations across the Commonwealth: Charlottesville, Richmond, Norfolk, Northern Virginia, and Roanoke.
NewsAthena Gould Named New Deputy Director of Virginia Humanities
Virginia Humanities announced today that Athena Gould will begin serving as the new deputy director for the state humanities council.
NewsNew Virginia Health Equity and Justice Fellowship Program Links Health Equity and Art
The UVA Center for Health Humanities and Ethics, UVA Health’s Office for Diversity and Community Engagement, and Virginia Humanities are thrilled to announce the launch of the Health Equity and Justice Fellowship program.
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