Richmond Virginia

Author : Marie Tyler-McGraw
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9780807844762
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book At the Falls written by Marie Tyler-McGraw and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of nearly four hundred years in the history of Richmond, Virginia, ranges from the first encounters between English colonists and Powhatan to the inauguration of Douglas Wilder, America's first elected African-American governor

Author : Elvatrice Parker Belsches
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738514031
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richmond, Virginia written by Elvatrice Parker Belsches and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richmond, Virginia boasts a proud legacy of achievement among its African-American residents. Known as the birthplace of black capitalism, Richmond had at the turn of the 20th century one of the largest black business districts in America. Medical pioneers, civil rights activists, education leaders, and enterprising bankers are listed among the city's African-American sons and daughters. As individuals these men and women made their mark not only on Richmond's, but also the nation's, history. As a community, they have endured centuries of change and worked together for the common good. In their determined faces and in unforgettable scenes of the past, we celebrate and pay tribute to their history.

Author : Johnny Molloy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762762195
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Best Easy Day Hikes Richmond, Virginia written by Johnny Molloy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Easy Day Hikes Richmond, Virginia includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes. The 20 hikes in this guide are generally short, easy to follow, and guaranteed to please.

Author : Virginius Dabney
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813934303
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richmond written by Virginius Dabney and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2012-10-05 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles the growth of this historic community over nearly four centuries from its founding to its most recent urban and suburban developments.

Author : Robert A. Pratt
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813924571
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Color of Their Skin written by Robert A. Pratt and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1992-03-29 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major study of school desegregation in a Virginia locality, The Color of Their Skin traces the evolution of Richmond public schools from segregation to desegregation to resegregation over the decades following the Brown decision.

Author : Ryan K. Smith
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 142143928X
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death and Rebirth in a Southern City written by Ryan K. Smith and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exploration of Richmond's burial landscape over the past 300 years reveals in illuminating detail how racism and the color line have consistently shaped death, burial, and remembrance in this storied Southern capital. Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy, holds one of the most dramatic landscapes of death in the nation. Its burial grounds show the sweep of Southern history on an epic scale, from the earliest English encounters with the Powhatan at the falls of the James River through slavery, the Civil War, and the long reckoning that followed. And while the region's deathways and burial practices have developed in surprising directions over these centuries, one element has remained stubbornly the same: the color line. But something different is happening now. The latest phase of this history points to a quiet revolution taking place in Virginia and beyond. Where white leaders long bolstered their heritage and authority with a disregard for the graves of the disenfranchised, today activist groups have stepped forward to reorganize and reclaim the commemorative landscape for the remains of people of color and religious minorities. In Death and Rebirth in a Southern City, Ryan K. Smith explores more than a dozen of Richmond's most historically and culturally significant cemeteries. He traces the disparities between those grounds which have been well-maintained, preserving the legacies of privileged whites, and those that have been worn away, dug up, and built over, erasing the memories of African Americans and indigenous tribes. Drawing on extensive oral histories and archival research, Smith unearths the heritage of these marginalized communities and explains what the city must do to conserve these gravesites and bring racial equity to these arenas for public memory. He also shows how the ongoing recovery efforts point to a redefinition of Confederate memory and the possibility of a rebirthed community in the symbolic center of the South. The book encompasses, among others, St. John's colonial churchyard; African burial grounds in Shockoe Bottom and on Shockoe Hill; Hebrew Cemetery; Hollywood Cemetery, with its 18,000 Confederate dead; Richmond National Cemetery; and Evergreen Cemetery, home to tens of thousands of black burials from the Jim Crow era. Smith's rich analysis of the surviving grounds documents many of these sites for the first time and is enhanced by an accompanying website, www.richmondcemeteries.org. A brilliant example of public history, Death and Rebirth in a Southern City reveals how cemeteries can frame changes in politics and society across time.

Author : Elizabeth Cogar
Publisher : Elizabeth Cogar
ISBN 13 : 9780578614908
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Really Richmond written by Elizabeth Cogar and published by Elizabeth Cogar. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook for visitors, locals and newcomers to Richmond, Va.

Author : Robert R. Nuckols
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Government of the City of Richmond, Virginia and a Sketch of Those who Administer Its Affairs written by Robert R. Nuckols and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Walter S. Griggs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781626198906
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richmond, Virginia, and the Titanic written by Walter S. Griggs and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of tragedy and valor from the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 filled the pages of the Times-Dispatch in Richmond. Residents gathered to honor the fallen and cherish the survivors. From editorials to sermons, an outpouring of remembrance and remorse spread throughout the city. Debate ensued over who was to blame and what to think of it all. Richmonders of all walks of life joined the discourse. Author and local historian Walter Griggs Jr. reveals the interesting connections between the epic tragedy and the River City.

Author : George Washington Engelhardt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richmond, Virginia written by George Washington Engelhardt and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: