Virginia Tech launches research program in honor of Juneteenth
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The messenger may have been murdered en route, or slave masters may have suppressed the news to ensure the harvesting of one more crop.
Search Results for Jim Crow
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NASCAR’s Confederate flag controversy: Unfortunately, just getting started
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Confederate flags lined the boulevard running past Talladega Superspeedway. A plane overhead toted a large rebel flag and a message: “Defund NASCAR.”
And this was all before we found out that a noose had been found in the garage stall of Bubba Wallace’s garage. Does anybody out there still want to preach the nonsense about how this is all heritage, not hate?
20 new state historical highway markers will highlight African-American history in Virginia
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Twenty newly approved state historical highway markers will address topics of national, state, and regional significance in Virginia’s African American history.
Ken Plum: Black Lives Matter
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Black lives matter. Period. No further explanation or expansion of the phrase is needed. Do not try to switch the subject by wanting to suggest that all lives matter. For more than four centuries the lives of black people have been degraded. There have been numerous instances during that time when events would have suggested…
Northam remarks on Robert E. Lee statue removal
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Gov. Ralph Northam announced today the plans to remove the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee located on Monument Avenue in Richmond.
Virtual Book Club: AFP leads discussion of ‘The Nickel Boys’
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AFP Digital Editor Crystal Graham and three guests presented our first Virtual Book Club on Facebook Live discussing “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead.
Virginia Museum of History & Culture announces new webinars
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The Virginia Museum of History & Culture announced new free online webinars for adults and History Connects programs for students this week.
Northam signs justice, equality legislation
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Gov. Ralph Northam today signed new laws that repeal racist and discriminatory language from Virginia’s Acts of Assembly, give localities the ability to remove or alter Confederate monuments in their communities.
VCU, UR libraries publish free edition of ‘The Politics of Annexation’
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The libraries of Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond are working together to publish a new open-access edition of “The Politics of Annexation: Oligarchic Power in a Southern City.”
AFP launches Virtual Book Club with ‘The Nickel Boys’
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Augusta Free Press has launched a Virtual Book Club led by digital editor Crystal Abbe Graham. With coronavirus keeping most of us away from in-person meetups for at least 30 days, AFP decided to create a way to virtually meetup in the meantime.
