History and Preservation
(category archive)
September 11, 2001: How Will You Remember?
Posted about 2 weeks ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Events, History and Preservation, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, Fiction, nonfiction, reading suggestions, september11
This year, on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Richmond Public Library is proud to host an educational exhibit made available by the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. This exhibition […]
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Wobblies and Walter’s The Cold Millions
Posted about 3 weeks ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Black History Month, Book Reviews, Events, History and Preservation, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Women's History
| Tagged with anarchists, bombings, capitalism, corporations, corruption, Goddess of Anarchy, Haymarket, I.W.W., Jess Walter, labor rights, Labor unions, law, Lucy Parsons, radicals, socialists, strikes, William D. (“Big Bill”) Haywood, Wobblies, workers, working conditions
COMMEMORATING THE 19TH AMENDMENT
Posted about 2 months ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Biographies, Events, Families, Film, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Women's History
Please join the Law Library during the month of August as we commemorate the ratification and adoption to the US Constitution in 1920 of the 19th Amendment whereby women won […]
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The Declaration of Independence: The Ideals
Posted about 3 months ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Black History Month, Events, History and Preservation, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
| Tagged with Amanda Gorman, Barack Obama, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, Fairfax Resolves, George Mason, Joe Biden, pandemic, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Declaration of Rights
What Does July 4th Mean? Some might say it is a holiday, a time for fireworks and grilling. Other people might reply “it’s when the Declaration of Independence was signed.” […]
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Commemorate Freedom: Juneteenth 2021
Posted about 3 months ago by kathryn Coker
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Black History Month, Book Reviews, Children's, Events, History and Preservation, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with Civil Rights, Civil War, Frederick Douglass, George Floyd, Jim Crow, Juneteenth, Major General Gordon Granger, President Abraham Lincoln, Reconstruction, Robert E. Lee
Virginia State Holiday As of October 2020, Juneteenth is a permanent statewide holiday in Virginia. Virginians, like others across America will celebrate in various ways ranging from parades, dancing, visiting historical sites, […]
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VIRGINIA PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS IN WORLD WAR II: “ENEMIES WITHIN & WITHOUT”
Posted about 3 months ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Black History Month, Book Reviews, Events, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with African American Soldiers, Civl Rights, Domestic Relations, German Soldiers, Italian Soldiers, Jim Crow, Labor Shortage, Lectures, Prisoners of War, Race Relations, The Press, World War II
Prisoners of War Arrive During World War II, the U.S. was “home” to over 425,000 prisoners of war (POWs). They were Japanese, German and Italians from the Axis countries captured […]
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Posted about 4 months ago by kathryn Coker
Federal Legislation After unsuccessful federal legislative attempts to approve a week during the first 10 days in May as Pacific/Asian American Heritage Week, Congress passed New York Representative Frank Horton‘s House […]
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COLONIAL FOUNDERS DAY: And Searching RPL’s New Catalog
Posted about 5 months ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Audiobooks, Events, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
In 2004, the Virginia General Assembly designated May 14th as Colonial Founders Day. So, I decided for this blog to give a short historical overview of Jamestown and then launch […]
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MEDICAL INJUSTICES
Posted about 5 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Black History Month, Health and Wellness, History and Preservation, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with african-american, Apartheid, Black History, Blood, book recommendations, children, Eugenics, Experiment, Genocide, injustice, Law Library, Medicine, Organ Trafficking, Race, Racism, Red Market, Transplant
Great strides in medical history have often been made as a result of research and experimentation, and the first human successes were arguably the result of successful experiments, often on […]
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Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust
Posted about 6 months ago by kathryn Coker
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Events, History and Preservation, Law Library
| Tagged with Adolf Hitler, Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust, Genocide, Holocaust, Judaism, law, Nazi ideology, Nazi Party, World War II
In 1979, Congress designated the Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust (DRVH), an annual 8-day commemoration with tributes and special educational programs to help us remember and learn […]
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