March 20, 1924, is a moment in Virginia’s history when the governor, the General Assembly, state officials, and some in the general public believed that…
Ashley CraigJuly 17, 2024
March 20th marks the centennial of Governor Elbert Lee Trinkle signing the Racial Integrity Act (RIA) into law. In simplistic terms, the RIA required every…
Ashley CraigMarch 20, 2024
Indigenous Perspectives seeks to place the voices and experiences of Virginia’s tribal communities at the center of an active examination of the Library of Virginia’s…
Ashley CraigDecember 1, 2023
Indigenous people of the United States have participated in every war or military conflict in our country’s history. While Indigenous people have served in the…
Ashley CraigNovember 10, 2023
2023 marked the 200th anniversary of the Library of Virginia as well as the second year of the Transforming the Future of Libraries & Archives…
Ashley CraigAugust 16, 2023
This blog post is being written on the lands of Virginia’s Indigenous people, Cheroenhaka (Nottoway), Chickahominy, East Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Monacan, Nansemond, Nottoway, Pamunkey, Patawomeck, Upper…
Ashley CraigNovember 4, 2020
