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Long-neglected Black cemetery in Richmond added to Virginia Landmarks Register
March 18, 2022
A VCU history professor is part of a team that has worked for years to win state and federal recognition of the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground.
‘Almost Dead,’ by VCU history professor, reveals how the urban Atlantic was shaped by Black lives
March 8, 2022
The book uses the words, thoughts and deeds of captives to reveal how urban environments in Anglo-America impacted and were affected by African descended people.
Meet the 5 interdisciplinary scholars who will be residential fellows this year at VCU’s Humanities Research Center
Jan. 19, 2022
The fellowship program provides faculty the opportunity to work on projects around a similar theme.
Unfolding history: VCU students contribute to massive Holocaust research project
Jan. 11, 2022
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s History Unfolded project is using crowdsourcing to better understand what Americans knew about the Holocaust from reading local newspapers.
History students uncover the personal stories of Virginians killed in the Vietnam War
Dec. 10, 2021
The project was done in partnership with the Virginia War Memorial as part of its work to gather information about the 1,303 Virginians listed on the memorial’s Shrine of Memory.
Lecture to explore why the Atlantic slave trade survived up until the Civil War
Oct. 15, 2021
The Alexandrian Society of VCU program will feature Erskine College professor John Harris, an expert in American slavery in the 19th century.
VCU professor is named recipient of Virginia Museum of History & Culture’s William M.E. Rachal Award
Aug. 19, 2021
The award to Brian Daugherity is in recognition of an article documenting African American activism in Goochland County in the Jim Crow era.
Here’s how New York City survived a deadly outbreak — in the 1790s
April 21, 2021
Through the eyes of front-line medical worker Alexander Anderson, a forthcoming book by VCU history professor Carolyn Eastman will explore how New York grappled with yellow fever epidemics.
What would Donna Reed do?
March 26, 2021
VCU graduate Annie Newton discusses “The Donna Reed Show” and how Reed, a celebrated actress, shaped feminism in the 1950s and 60s.
