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Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Friday, January 15, 2016

"Suffering Sappho!" Resolve to read The [awesome] Secret History of Wonder Woman this year

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Comic book nerds? Book nerds? History nerds? Pop culture nerds? Nerd nerds? Not a nerd? Or are you one of those persnickety, tough-to-plea...
Friday, June 26, 2015

Richmond’s Hidden History is Just Beginning to Be Told

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Guest blog by Benjamin Campbell, author of Richmond's Unhealed History.  The received history of Virginia, as taught in our public a...
Friday, June 05, 2015

Richmond Upon James: An Unrivalled Landscape

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You may know that our fair city, RVA, is believed to be named by William Byrd II after a view of the James River from Libby Hill reminded ...
Saturday, October 18, 2014

BLOGtober Fest: Edgar Allan Poe Edition

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The "Old Stone House", home of the Poe Museum, is the oldest building in Richmond. While Poe is not known to have spent time in ...
Wednesday, February 05, 2014

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Collective History as African Americans:   A Three-Part Class with Paula Royster this February @ Main Collective Memory is a t...
Friday, September 20, 2013

Banned Books Week | Celebrating the Freedom to Read

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American Censorship You may have heard in history class about Nazis burning books in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s.  Teachers and text...
Monday, September 16, 2013

The People's Library Project Opening

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The People's Library Project is a collaborative, sustainable, and interactive community art project spearheaded by Courtney Bowle...
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Friday, March 30, 2012

UNPACKING THE 2010 CENSUS: New Realities of Race, Class, and Jurisdiction

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Join us at the RPL Main Library on Wednesday, April 11, 6:30 - 8:30 for Unpacking the 2010 Census: New Realities of Race, Class, and Jurisdi...