NewsRosel Schewel’s Enduring Legacy in Virginia
To celebrate reaching our milestone goal for the Rosel Schewel Fund, we’re taking a look back at Rosel’s decades-long legacy of activism in Lynchburg and beyond.
NewsRegarding VA’s Proposed SOLs for History and Social Sciences
A Letter from Executive Director Matthew Gibson – As the state humanities council for over forty-five years, Virginia Humanities has always advocated for the humanities. Sometimes topics in the humanities—such as history and how it is taught—intersect with public policy.
NewsFive Questions with Jennie Taylor
This summer, Jennie Taylor joined the Virginia Humanities team as our new receptionist. Since COVID-19 prevents many of you from visiting our new office and meeting Jennie in person, we asked her a few questions to help you get to know her.
NewsRemembering George A. Latimer, Sr.
By David Bearinger He was the most completely honest man I ever knew. After thirty years in law enforcement, starting as a street cop working the subway stations in Times …
NewsHave a Drink with Nikki and Tressie
This video, recorded September 9 2020, features two powerful, creative women: Nikki Giovanni, award-winning poet, activist, educator, and one of Oprah Winfrey’s “25 Living Legends,” and Tressie McMillan Cottom, professor …
NewsWomen Front and Center
2020 is shaping up to be a significant year for women in Virginia and across the country. In addition to the Virginia General Assembly finally ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (after failing to do so since 1973), this year we will celebrate the centennial of women achieving the right to vote.
NewsA Letter From Matthew Gibson
To Our Virginia Humanities Friends, As we near the close of the year, I want to thank you for supporting Virginia Humanities. Because of you, in the last year we …
NewsAnnouncing the Rosel Schewel Fund
Update 8/27/2020: Because we can no longer meet in person in large groups, the Women and Democracy event planned for October 2020 will now be virtual. To commemorate the passage …
NewsMeet Virginia Humanities Board Member Clark Hoyt
Virginia Humanities Board Member Clark Hoyt lives in Great Falls, Virginia. He has had a long career in journalism, including as a Washington bureau chief for Knight Ridder, then the …
NewsMeet Virginia Humanities Board Member Kellee Blake
Virginia Humanities Board Member Kellee Blake resides on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. She’s previously worked with Virginia historical institutions as the director of the National Archives Mid-Atlantic Region. Recently, she sat …
NewsTastes & Tales from Tangier
Watch the live stream of this event from Oct. 24 in Norfolk at The Hermitage Museum and Gardens.
NewsVirginia Humanities Announces Five New Board Members
Virginia Humanities welcomes five new Board members, two of whom have been appointed by Governor Ralph Northam. These individuals will join a Board composed of 24 distinguished Virginia residents. “I …
