History and Preservation
(category archive)
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Posted about 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years ago by kathryn Coker
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| 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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AFRICAN AMERICAN EDUCATOR AND ACTIVIST: NANNIE HELEN BURROUGHS
Posted about 3 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Black History Month, History and Preservation, Law Library, Women's History
| Tagged with Anna Julia Cooper, Cooperative Industries, law, Law Library, M Street Colored High School, Mary Church Terrell, Nannie Helen Burroughs, National Association of Wage Earners, National Baptist Convention, National Baptist Women's Convention, Women's Industrial Club
Another trailblazing woman I discovered recently is Nannie Helen Burroughs, an educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist and businesswoman from Orange, Virginia. Why Remember This Native Virginian? Burroughs […]
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Jailed For Freedom: Virginia’s Occoquan Workhouse
Posted about 3 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Events, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Women's History
| Tagged with 19th Amendment, Alice Paul, Angela Dodson, Doris Stevens, Forced Feeding, Jailed For Freedom, Kate Heffelfinger, law, Law Library, Lucy Burns, Maud Powell Jamison, Meldon Jenkins-Jones, National Women's Party, Night of Terror, Occoquan Workhouse, Oliver W. Hill Book Club, Pauline Adams, Silent Sentinels, Turning Point Suffrage Memorial, Women's Suffrage, Women's Suffrage Banners, Women's Suffrage Prison Special, Woodrow Wilson
Lorton, Virginia’s Occoquan Workhouse,built in 1910 and originally used to hold prisoners completing short sentences for offenses like disorderly conduct, played a key role in women’s suffrage history. National Woman’s […]
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Black Suffragists and Activists: Addie Waites Hunton
Posted about 3 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Black History Month, History and Preservation, Law Library, Women's History
| Tagged with Addie Waited Hunton, African American Suffragist, Law Library, Natioanl Association of Colored Women, Suffragist, William A. Hunton
In preparation for Black History Month, I did a little research and uncovered some fascinating people like Addie Waites Hunton, an African American suffragist, activist, writer, political organizer, and educator. […]
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BILL OF RIGHTS DAY
Posted about 3 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Book Reviews, Events, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
| Tagged with Bill of Rights, Bill Of Rights Day, Eleanor Roosevelt, George Mason, James Madison, law, Law Library, Nazi Germany, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Harry S Truman, U.S. Constitution, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Virginia Constitution, Virginia Declaration of Rights, Virginia General Assembly, World War II
Presidential Proclamation On November 27, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a proclamation designating December 15 as Bill of Rights Day. The proclamation read in part: The first ten amendments, […]
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Commemorating Native American Heritage Month
Posted about 3 years ago by kathryn Coker
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| Tagged with Anglo-Powhatan War, Indigenous Peoples, law, Law Library, Native American Heritage Month, Native Americans, Virginia's Native Americans
Part II: Virginia’s Native Americans Virginia’s Earliest Inhabitants Virginia’s earliest inhabitants were hunters and gatherers who tracked the migratory patterns of animals. In time, they formed towns along riverbanks and sketched […]
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Contact Tracing & Your Rights – Part 1
Posted about 3 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Book Reviews, Health and Wellness, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
| Tagged with Contact Tracing, Covid-19, disease, Law Library, pandemic, Spanish Flu
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