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Pennington Gap native, Ron Carson, attended the one room Lee County Colored Elementary School from 1958 until local schools integrated in 1965…
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Restoring the Legacy: Applying the Tuskegee Model
Join the AMMD Pine Grove Project for ‘Partners in Philanthropy,’ a webinar series intended to educate and expose the public to the significance of partnerships between the Rosenwald and Jeanes …
NewsSpecial Meeting on Cultural Justice in Virginia
Virginia legislators and state government and cultural agency leaders held a Special Meeting on Cultural Justice in Virginia on Monday, December 6, 2021, from 6:00-8:00pm ET. Officials heard from descendants of …
EventRestoring the Legacy: Applying the Tuskegee Model
Join the AMMD Pine Grove Project for ‘Partners in Philanthropy,’ a webinar series intended to educate and expose the public to the significance of partnerships between the Rosenwald and Jeanes …
EventArchaeology, Social Relevance, and Community Engagement
Join Preservation Virginia and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) for a webinar to explore archaeology and community engagement, and how archaeology can be more relevant to present day …
EventVirginia Board of Historic Resources & State Review Board Quarterly Meeting
The next joint quarterly public meeting of the Virginia Board of Historic Resources and the State Review Board will convene December 9, 2021, at Halsey Lecture Hall, Virginia Museum of …
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