History and Preservation
(category archive)
Author Talk: Margaret Edds & “What The Eyes Can’t See”
Posted about 2 weeks ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Adult, Biographies, book discussions, Events, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower
| Tagged with Author Talk, book discussion, history, racial justice, ralph northam
Margaret Edds will discuss her new book and sign copies available for purchase from Book People. Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 6:30 pm in the Gellman Room at the Main Library […]
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Common Book Reading List
Posted about 3 months ago by Meg Raymond
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Adult, Award Winners, book discussions, Book Reviews, diverse reads, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, VCU Common Book
| Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, health and wellness, nonfiction, reading suggestions
We hope you are looking forward to the upcoming programs that the Richmond Public Library has planned in support of the 2022 VCU Common Book, The Organ Thieves. Whether you […]
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CIVIC SEASON IS HERE!
Posted about 6 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, History and Preservation, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Teens, Women's History
| Tagged with celebrations, Civic Season, CIVICS, Civil Rights, Constitution, Freedom, history, Independence Day, Juneteenth, Law Library, teens, United States of America, Women Suffrage
CIVIC SEASON IS UPON US! What is Civic Season? Generally, concepts such as patriotism and freedom are highlighted starting the week of Flag Day (June 14th) and ending on Independence […]
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Innovative Women in History
Posted about 9 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Asian American, Biographies, Book Reviews, Children's, Events, History and Preservation, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, nonfiction, Teens, Women's History
| Tagged with book recommendations, Dr. Patricia Bath, Ellen Ochoa, Frances Perkins, Grace Hopper, Law Library, Michelle Khine, minimum wage, social security, unemployment insurance, Women Astronauts, women innovators, women inventors, Women scientists, Women's History Month
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 […]
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HARRIET TUBMAN, INSPIRING AMERICAN HERO
Posted about 10 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Biographies, Black History Month, Book Reviews, Children's, Events, Fiction, Film, Graphic Novels, History and Preservation, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Movies, nonfiction, Picturebooks, Reading Recommendations, Teens, Women's History
| Tagged with #bookrecommendations, Abolition, African Americans, Black History Month, children, Civil Rights Activist, Civil War, Courage, Emancipation, Escape, Freedom, graphic novels, Harriet, Hero, Humanitarian, law, Law Library, Liberation, nonfiction, picture books, reading suggestions, Slavery, Spy, Suffragist, Underground Railroad, Women's History
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 […]
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NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MONTH
Posted about 12 months ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Biographies, environment, Events, Families, Health and Wellness, History and Preservation, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens, Women's History
“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 […]
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National American Indian Heritage Month
Posted about 1 year ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Book Reviews, environment, Events, Families, History and Preservation, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, 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 […]
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CELEBRATE INDIGENEOUS PEOPLES DAY WITH DR. GREGORY SMITHERS
Posted about 1 year ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, environment, Events, Families, Health and Wellness, History and Preservation, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, nonfiction, Writing
“Of all the Cherokee origin narratives, the most famous is that which tells the tale of a time when everything was covered by water.” Gregory Smithers “Stories matter. Stories tell […]
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September 11, 2001: How Will You Remember?
Posted about 1 year 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 1 year 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
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