NewsREPLAY: The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson’s Architecture
Erik Neil takes us through a Chrysler Museum exhibit that explored the inherent conflict between Jefferson’s pursuit of liberty and democracy and his use of enslaved laborers to construct his monuments.
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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EventChallenging Slavery in the Courtroom: A Question of Freedom
In partnership with the Maryland Center for the Book at Maryland Humanities, the Virginia Center for the Book at Virginia Humanities presents William G. Thomas III as he shares his …
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NewsREPLAY: Invisible Founders
There are the names on the buildings, and then there are the real founders.
EventYellow Wife with Sadeqa Johnson
Novelist Sadeqa Johnson discusses her latest book, Yellow Wife, the harrowing story of an enslaved woman forced to barter love and freedom while living in the most infamous slave jail in Virginia.
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NewsReplay: New Virginians
There are many kinds of movement and migration, forced and otherwise. Arrival is a perpetual state of becoming for the people in transit and the nations where they arrive.
NewsA Biography of the Domestic Slave Trade
While the domestic slave trade is widely acknowledged as a significant force in American history, it is less commonly understood that the trade itself has a history and that it …
EventUnearthing Buried Stories
Join the Koinonia School of Race & Justice at Richmond Hill for a special Black History Month program focused on the enslaved community at Richmond Hill and African American burial …
NewsLoyal Artists, Loyal Slaves
Watch this free public talk by Rachel Stephens, Associate Professor of Art History, American Art and Architecture at the University of Alabama. Much can be gleaned about the role of …
