Ken Plum: Virginia is for Loving
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It is somewhat ironic that Loving Day in Virginia, celebrated annually on June 12, has nothing to do with the famous “Virginia is for Lovers” public relations slogan.
Search Results for Jim Crow
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Carla Williams, Chris Long, Akil Mitchell to participate in panel on race at UVA
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Virginia athletics director Carla Williams and former UVA All-American football player, two-time Super Bowl champion Chris Long and All-ACC men’s basketball performer Akil Mitchell will be participants on a panel focusing on Athletics and Race.
Nicholas Patler: Rename Staunton high school in honor of Rita Wilson
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Born into a segregated southern world, Rita Wilson had attended local schools that were set apart for African Americans. She later worked as a domestic for white families, which was one of the few jobs available to local African American women.
Montgomery Hall Park now on National Register of Historic Places
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Montgomery Hall Park in Staunton is now on the National Register of Historic Places, an official list of the nation’s historic places worthy of preservation.
Virginia’s Top 10 Endangered Artifacts announced
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The Virginia Association of Museums awarded $18,500 in conservation grants to ten historic and cultural organizations from across the Commonwealth to help in the care of Virginia’s historic and cultural treasures.
Virginia House Democrats stand for workers’ rights
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Virginia House Democrats discussed several pieces of legislation to improve the lives and livelihoods of Virginia’s workers at a press conference on Wednesday.
Historian Charles Dew to speak at W&L Founders Day/ODK Convocation
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Charles Dew, Ephraim Williams Professor of American History at Williams College, will be the featured speaker at Washington and Lee University’s Founders Day/Omicron Delta Kappa Convocation on Jan. 18, at 5 p.m. in Lee Chapel.
Ken Plum: Shades of the Old South
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Just when you think things are changing you can be shocked to realize just how much they stay the same.
#Charlottesville: Divide, not unite
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We now have the second side to the “both sides” dichotomy of #Charlottesville that President Trump tried to sell us on.
Virginia Tech expert: Alternative facts, fake news, xenophobia and confirmation bias
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President Donald Trump is a “master” at confirmation bias – a phenomenon hardwired into the human brain.
