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Jailed For Freedom: Virginia’s Occoquan Workhouse
Posted about 3 years ago by kathryn Coker
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| 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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| 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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| Tagged with Contact Tracing, Covid-19, disease, Law Library, pandemic, Spanish Flu
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH: PART 1
Posted about 3 years ago by kathryn Coker
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| Tagged with Law Library, Native American Heritage Month, Native Americans
National American Indian Heritage Month Designation In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution authorizing November 1990 as National American Indian Heritage Month. Comparable proclamations, under various […]
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YOU CAN VOTE NOW!
Posted about 4 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Elections, Events, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
| Tagged with Civil Rights Act, elections, Law Library, Voting
In Virginia early in-person voting began on September 18, 2020 and ends on October 31, 2020. Why Should You Vote? But, why should you vote? Some reasons are: 1. Voting is […]
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Celebrate the 19th Amendment
Posted about 4 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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| Tagged with 19th Amendment, African American Women's Suffrage, elections, Law Library, States Rights, Suffrage, U.S. Constitution, VCU Common Book, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Women's Rights
Speaking of Constitution Day Constitution Day is September 17th. Join the Richmond Public Library (RPL) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Libraries in celebrating the 19th Amendment this Constitution Day. The […]
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FORWARD INTO LIGHT CAMPAIGN
Posted about 4 years ago by kathryn Coker
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| Tagged with 19th Amendment, Carrie Chapman Catt, Civil Rights, equality, Forward into Light Campaign, law, Law Library, Voting, women's movement, Women's Suffrage
August 26 marks the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution giving women the vote. Buildings and landmarks across the country will celebrate by […]
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The Declaration of Independence Today
Posted about 4 years ago by kathryn Coker
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On July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. However, the legal separation from England actually happened on July 2, 1776, when the delegates […]
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