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It is a question that has long vexed America: How do we teach our history of slavery? This month, James Madison’s Montpelier started working on an…
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The Slave Dwelling Project recently held its largest ever event at the University of Virginia to commemorate the hundreds of enslaved men, women and…
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Virginia police once threw Richard and Mildred Loving into jail. She was black and he was white, and they had gotten married. It was 1958, and in Virginia…
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Every year since 1997, Virginia taxpayer money goes to repairing and restoring the graves of Confederate soldiers. Now, for the first time, the state has…
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Henry “Box” Brown was a born into slavery in Louisa County. At 15, he was sent to Richmond. Today, a group of musicians has chosen to honor Brown's story…
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After integration, historically black cemeteries around the state fell to the wayside, often unkempt, uncared for, and forgotten.Now a state lawmaker is…
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Throughout Virginia, the conversation about confederate monuments is a sticky one. So a new art exhibition in Richmond is making the conversation visual.…
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Virginians have the chance now to visit the newly opened Black History Museum in Richmond. After a three year hiatus, while the museum moved to a new…
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Preservation Virginia released its annual list of historic places under threat -- of demolishment, development, or apathy. This year, those places include…