Now celebrated as a federal holiday, Juneteenth marks the date of June 19, 1865, when the Union Army arrived in Galveston and announced that the…
Guest ContributorJune 19, 2024
In December 1889, James A. Fields took his seat in Virginia's House of Delegates. He had escaped slavery as a young man, attended school behind…
Library of VirginiaJune 7, 2024
On June 10, 1963, after months of peaceful protest of Danville’s segregationist policies and entrenched racism, the city's white police force, aided by deputized municipal…
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemMay 29, 2024
As soon as English colonizers established themselves in Virginia, one of their main concerns was the education of Indigenous people. The education implemented by the…
Ashley CraigApril 17, 2024
One hundred years ago this month, the Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced in Congress. After women had succeeded in their fight for voting rights…
Mari JulienneDecember 8, 2023
Just like Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1965, the Library of Virginia's Dictionary of Virginia Biography (DVB) went digital more…
Library of VirginiaDecember 6, 2023
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
November is Native American Heritage Month and the perfect time to highlight resources in the Library of Virginia’s collections that can help users gain insight…
Lisa WehrmannNovember 6, 2023
It’s October which means it’s once again our favorite time of year: Archives Month. To celebrate Virginia Archives Month this year, archival institutions across the…
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemOctober 4, 2023
"For Love and For Life, We’re Not Going Back.” These words appeared as the banner heading in the October 1987 issue of Richmond Pride above…
Mary Ann Mason, They/ThemSeptember 22, 2023
StoryCorps, a groundbreaking oral history organization, has given over 640,000 Americans across all 50 states the chance to record conversations about their lives and preserve…
Guest ContributorSeptember 1, 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
Editor's Note: As a participant in the inaugural year of the Transforming the Future of Libraries & Archives Internship Program last year, Zillia Dollinger worked in…
Zillia DollingerJuly 12, 2023
