Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of blog posts regarding Virginia female newspaper editors by our Transforming the Future of Libraries and…
Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s freely accessible digital newspaper database, has recently added a notable assortment of new titles, including school newspapers, labor newspapers,…
The newspaper page count has officially surpassed two million on Virginia Chronicle! An array of new titles have been added to the Library’s growing digital…
IIn 2020, Governor Ralph Northam issued an executive order proclaiming Juneteenth as a Virginia state holiday. Later that year, the General Assembly unanimously voted in…
Virginia Chronicle, the Library of Virginia’s digital newspaper database, has added an impressive array of new titles in recent months.Formed by a merger of the…
In 1941, Fleming Emory Alexander, printer, journalist, minister, and civic leader, began publishing the Roanoke Tribune, an African American newspaper still in publication today. Issues…
One hundred years ago, the first published work of Virginia poet, librarian, and activist Anne Spencer appeared in the February 1920 issue of The Crisis.…
On February 19, 1887, the Afro-American Churchman published an obituary for Reverend Samuel V. Berry. From this entry, we learn how Rev. Berry received his…
The Virginia Newspaper Project loves promoting the Virginia Chronicle newspaper database, but if you need to expand your research from Virginia to other U.S. states,…
CONTENT WARNING: Materials in the Library of Virginia’s collections contain historical terms, phrases, and images that are offensive to modern readers. These include demeaning and…
A single extant issue of the Reformer, an African American newspaper published in Richmond from 1895-1931, was recently added to Virginia Chronicle, the Library’s free and searchable…