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The Event that Inspired “Jaws”
Posted about 1 week ago by Louis Maranski
To celebrate Shark Week, I wanted to take a closer look at one of the most infamous examples of shark attacks in history, and the inspiration for the fiction book […]
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Meet the Community Memory Fellow: Marvin Hicks
Posted about 2 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Adult
| Tagged with community memory fellow, history, local history, memory lab, Preservation, public history, research, richmond history
The Community Memory Fellow (CMF) position was created to broaden the notion of what public history is in Richmond and make that history accessible to everyone. Over the course of […]
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Read Like a President
Posted about 3 years ago by Lindy Gellings
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Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #bookrecs, celebrations, Fiction, history, Holiday, nonfiction
“Reading is important. If you know how to read, then the whole world opens up to you.” Barack Obama Throughout our nation’s 247-year history, only 47 men have held […]
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Author Talk: Margaret Edds & “What The Eyes Can’t See”
Posted about 4 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Adult, book discussions, Events
| 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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CIVIC SEASON IS HERE!
Posted about 4 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
Posted in
Adult, Teens
| 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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Interning at the RPL: 1970’s Film and Historical Trends in the Archives
Posted about 6 years ago by Natalie Draper
Guest Post by Stephanie Campbell, VCU student and Main Library Intern When given the choice between finishing my Bachelor’s degree in history at VCU with either a CAPStone research paper […]
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