EventNeighborhood Celebration & Open House Tours
Our new neighbor, Dairy Market, is hosting a full week of grand opening events June 14-19. On Saturday, June 19, we’ll be joining them, along with 101.3 Jamz, the 10th & …
NewsBlack Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue with Adrian Miller & Leni Sorensen
Adrian Miller, author of Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue, discussed his new cookbook celebrating barbecue cookery and the role of African Americans in barbecue culture, …
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EventJuneteenth Family History Fair
Can family and community history really help heal a nation? Virginia Humanities grantee Richmond Hill thinks so. Learning about how the past impacts the present brings us closer to understanding …
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 …
EventThe Banyan Tree of the Americas: Music Evolution in the African Diaspora
Semilla Cultural is proud to announce their upcoming project “The Banyan Tree of the Americas: Music Evolution in the African Diaspora”: Take a journey through the resilient and entangled roots …
NewsREPLAY: Giving Birth While Black
Black women are three and a half times more likely to die in childbirth than white women.
EventPartners in Philanthropy
Join us for a series of webinars intended to expose and educate the public to the significance of partnerships between the Rosenwald and Jeanes Funds, Dr. Booker T. Washington and …
EventUntil Freedom Comes
Newport News Public Library is celebrating Juneteenth with the unveiling of a special exhibit and program.
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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NewsRappahannock Tribe of Virginia
A Q&A with Chief Anne Richardson – With a Virginia Humanities grant, the Rappahannock Tribe makes plans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of incorporation.
News$500k Grant from Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
To Support Virginia HBCU Humanities Research – Today, Virginia Humanities announced a $500,000 grant from the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation to help support research by Black and Indigenous scholars, and other scholars of color who are affiliated with Virginia’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), including their alumni outside Virginia and at non-HBCU institutions.
