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Posted about 5 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb

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Posted about 5 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

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Since when is Personal Finance a thing? When the world got super complicated, apparently. No longer is it just a decision of whether to put your money under the mattress, […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

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INVENTIVE WOMEN IN HISTORY According to the old proverb, “Necessity is the Mother of Invention,” and Mothers of invention have frequently been women. Throughout March, Women’s History Month, Richmond Public […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb

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MUSIC OF THE MONTH IS A MONTHLY ROUND-UP OF RPL’S MUSIC-RELATED PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES.     Gellman Room Concerts The 2021-2022 Gellman Room Concert season is here! You can always […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

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Harriet Tubman (c. 1820-1822 – March 10, 1913) is an icon of courage, a true American hero. Born Araminta “Minty” Ross, she was enslaved at birth in Maryland. In 1849 […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb

Posted in Adult, Events | Tagged with music

MUSIC OF THE MONTH IS A MONTHLY ROUND-UP OF RPL’S MUSIC-RELATED PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES.   Gellman Room Concerts The 2021-2022 Gellman Room Concert season is here! You can always watch […]

Posted about 5 years ago by kathryn Coker

Posted in Adult, Events, Families, Reading Recommendations, Teens

“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb

Posted in Adult, Events | Tagged with music

MUSIC OF THE MONTH IS A MONTHLY ROUND-UP OF RPL’S MUSIC-RELATED PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES.   Gellman Room Concerts The 2021-2022 Gellman Room Concert season is here! You can always watch […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb

Posted in Adult, Events

MUSIC OF THE MONTH IS A MONTHLY ROUND-UP OF RPL’S MUSIC-RELATED PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES.   Gellman Room Concerts The 2021-2022 Gellman Room Concert season is here! You can always watch […]

Posted about 5 years ago by kathryn Coker

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Events, Families, Reading Recommendations

Introduction National American Indian Heritage Month has particular significance to Virginia, home to eleven state recognized American Indian tribes. “State recognition is the formal declaration of recognition to an American […]