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Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From its origination, Arlington National Cemetery's history has been compellingly intertwined with that of African Americans. This book explains how the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the home of Robert E. Lee and a plantation of the enslaved, became a military camp for Federal troops, a freedmen's village and farm, and America's most important burial ground. During the Civil War, the property served as a pauper's cemetery for men too poor...
Author
Publisher
Filmed by the Virginia State Library
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
Alexandria County was renamed Arlington County in 1920.
This census covered the districts nos. 1-8 in the city of Alexandria. It is unclear what is covered outside of the city. Statement on last page reads "Outside City, all of Alexandria County not included in the above excepting the Freedmens Village. In the City Districts, Eastern Boundary - Potomac River, Western Boundary - Hoofs Run."
Author
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Dirt Don't Burn, the result of novel research by the Edwin Washington Project, is the story of how the Black community in Loudoun County, VA fought for public education from the end of the Civil War until the end of segregation in 1968. Over the course of nearly a century, various actors--parents, teachers, white allies, and others--pressed to ensure their children a better future, seeking to improve school facilities, increase access to education,...
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
1905-2019.
Language
English
Description
RG 338 is approximately 3.25 linear feet including one box of small artifacts. The material dates from 1905 to 2019, with the bulk of the dates from 1960-2010. There are publications and flyers, correspondence, funeral programs and other event programs, reports, clippings, photographs, and small artifacts.
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The story of Black Fairfax has long been untold. The free Black population of Fairfax Court House dates to at least the 1820s. After the Civil War, newly freed Black citizens expanded the hamlet of Jermantown dramatically. Additional segregated neighborhoods, including School Street, which overlapped today's George Mason University, and Ilda, off Guinea Road, grew and thrived. In the second half of the nineteenth century residents built schools,...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"1619 offers a new interpretation of the significance of Jamestown in the long trajectory of American history. Jamestown, the cradle of American democracy, also saw the birth of our nation's greatest challenge: the corrosive legacy of slavery and racism that have deepened and entrenched stark inequalities in our society. After running Jamestown under martial law from 1610-1616, the Virginia Company turned toward representative government in an effort...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A Black-majority city with a history of the most severe segregation and inequity, Richmond is still grappling with this legacy as it moves into the twenty-first century. Marvin Chiles provides a unique take on Richmond's racial politics since the civil rights era by demonstrating that the city's current racial disparities in economic mobility, housing, and public education actually represent the unintended consequences of Richmond's racial reconciliation...
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