NewsExpanding Our Origin Story
Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson. In 2019, she was asked to help develop the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia. With Good Reason producer Matt Darroch has the story.
EventLegacies of Slavery – Landscapes of Segregation
The University of Virginia and its President’s Commission on the University in the Age of Segregation (PCUAS) will host the USS conference from September 28-October 1st, 2022: Legacies of Slavery …
NewsMore Than a Fraction: The Power of the Merry Tree
A recent grant from Virginia Humanities, awarded to More Than a Fraction Foundation, supported the first public phase of a long-term project, that is bringing together the descendants of two families—one whose ancestors were enslaved; the other whose forebears enslaved them.
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 …
EventThe Great Dismal Swamp: Past and Present
Join Encyclopedia Virginia editor Patti Miller on May 11 for a fascinating look at the Great Dismal Swamp: Past and Present, as we present a conversation with Marcus Nevius, author of City of …
Event“Whatever is un-Virginian is Wrong!”: Richmond Confederate Artists and the Origins of the Lost Cause
Despite the Union Army’s victory over the South, allegiance and loyalty to the Confederate “Lost Cause” lived on for decades.This lasting mythology of the Confederacy challenges the old adage that, …
EventThere All Along
In recent years, there has been a greater effort to expand the way we commemorate and teach the Civil War by including the perspective of African Americans. But is there …
NewsREPLAY: The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson’s Architecture
The history of segregation is not just in our architecture, but in other public arts
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 …
NewsLINKED: Stories Crossing the Color Line
How a grant from Virginia Humanities is helping the Richmond chapter expand its work of bringing Virginians together to face the legacy of slavery
EventB(l)ack on a Plantation
On Thursday, June 17, join the Menokin Foundation for “B(l)ack on a Plantation,” a Research & Relevance webinar focused on the Black person’s experience of plantation sites. Research & Relevance …
NewsThe Other Madisons with Bettye Kearse
The Virginia Festival of the Book in partnership with Encyclopedia Virginia presented Dr. Bettye Kearse for a discussion of her book, The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President’s …
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