EventAfrikana Independent Film Festival – 2022
Virginia Humanities is excited to co-sponsor the 7th Annual Afrikana Independent Film Festival (AIFF) on Thursday, September 15 – Sunday, September 18, 2022. View Schedule Purchase Tickets AIFF is a three-day event …
EventJuneteenth: A Homecoming Celebration
The Orange County African American Historical Society (OCAAHS) invites you to join its month-long Juneteenth celebration featuring online and in-person events. This year’s theme, A Homecoming Celebration, recognizes the role of Juneteenth in bringing families …
EventAscendant
The work to preserve and interpret Black history as an integral, essential component of American history is a multigenerational commitment. Join Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello for “Ascendant,” a public summit at …
EventThere All Along
Join Reclaiming the Monument, the American Civil War Museum, and the Valentine on Friday, April 22, 2022, 6:00-9:00pm as they uncover untold truths and hidden histories of espionage, perseverance, and courage inside the Executive …
NewsVirginia’s Newest Civil Rights Capital
Danville makes national heritage trail – The historic residence that had colloquially made Danville “The Last Capital of Confederacy” is now the newest addition to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.
NewsSpecial Meeting on Cultural Justice in Virginia
Virginia legislators and state government and cultural agency leaders held a Special Meeting on Cultural Justice in Virginia on Monday, December 6, 2021, from 6:00-8:00pm ET. Officials heard from descendants of …
NewsA New Virginia HBCU Humanities Fellowship Opportunity
This opportunity will fund the humanities research of scholars affiliated with Virginia’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in service of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) heritage, stories, and communities. The fellowships are made possible by a major grant from the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation built on their long record of support for HBCUs.
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NewsMorgan Trust Awards Virginia Humanities $50,000 Grant
For Completion of the Claude Moore Media Center
alth of Virginia.
NewsFive Questions with Yahusef Medina
This summer, Yahusef Medina joined the Virginia Humanities team as our new Associate Director of Community Initiatives. Previously, he served as a specialist in both education and juvenile justice and …
NewsAfro Latinx in Richmond Virtual Discussion Panel
On September 22, 2021 the VCU Office of Multicultural Student Affairs celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) with a virtual discussion entitled Afro Latinx in Richmond. The discussion panel …
Event2021 Afrikana Independent Film Festival
Virginia Humanities is excited to co-sponsor the annual Afrikana Independent Film Festival, September 16-19! The 2021 hybrid virtual/limited in-person experience celebrates, elevates, and further validates Black stories, Black voices, and Black …
EventPublic Memory and Oral History
Join historian Annette Gordon-Reed (author of On Juneteenth and the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Hemingses of Monticello) as she leads a panel discussion about the importance of oral histories in understanding how individuals and …
