Ken Plum: Black History Month at the State Capitol
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For nearly 250 years of Virginia’s history, Black people in the state were enslaved.
Search Results for Jim Crow
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Virginia Museum of History & Culture announces Black History Month programs
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The Virginia Museum of History & Culture has announced special programs for February. All are open to the public with a limited number of in-person tickets available for lectures.
Righting past wrongs: Herring overrules discriminatory legal opinions
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Virginia attorneys general issued at least 58 opinions between 1904 and 1967 that either applied or interpreted racially discriminatory state laws.
Waynesboro is about to divide itself over a monument we didn’t know was there
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So many odd things with the news that Waynesboro is considering getting rid of the monument honoring a city native who lost his life in a battle fought here in the final days of the Civil War.
Virginia Museum of History & Culture honors authors
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The Virginia Museum of History & Culture is recognizing the authors of the best article to appear in its quarterly journal, as well as an author of a work in the field of Virginia biography.
Researchers are pulling movements out of microfilm with digital history
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Four years into World War II, 7,434 Black soldiers from 60 domestic units sat down to Survey 32.
Ken Plum: The Lost Cause and The Big Lie
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Events of the last several years have brought to the nation’s attention the corrosiveness to our society of the Lost Cause movement to justify the South’s position on the Civil War.
Ken Plum: Don’t Texas Virginia
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Voters have become aware over the years of the arguments that have been used for a party to regain power or to stay in power
ICYMI: Augusta Free Press endorses Sam Rasoul for lieutenant governor
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#TeamAFP has made its endorsement in the 2021 Democratic primary, backing Roanoke Del. Sam Rasoul for the lieutenant governor nomination.
Preservation Virginia updates list of Virginia’s most endangered historic places
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Preservation Virginia has updated its list of historic places across the state that face imminent or sustained threats to their integrity – the goal being to encourage continued advocacy for these places while offering solutions for their preservation.
