Venture
Richmond, in partnership with the City of Richmond and the National
Council for the Traditional Arts, will produce the Richmond Folk
Festival October 10-12, 2008.
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Commemorate Black History Month in downtown Richmond at this weekend's events
The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar presents Nationally
Acclaimed Historian, David W. Blight, to Unveil Rare Slave Narratives
February 9
3:00 p.m.
Free admission
Of the millions of African Americans who endured slavery, only about
200 left have written memoirs of their experiences. Dr. David W. Blight
will present his book, "A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to
Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation." Dr. Blight is
director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery,
Resistance, and Abolition at Yale.
490 Tredegar Street - 804.780.1865 - www.tredegar.org
The Valentine Richmond History Center
presents Tell Me Where You're Marching, Tell Me Where You're Bound -
Photography of former slave trade sites
by Guest Curator and Photographer Shanna Merola
Exhibit Talk: February 10
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Free w/ History Center admission - $10 (free for members)
EXHIBITION DATES: January 31-August 31, 2008.
While photographing pre-Civil War sites around Richmond, Merola
discovered that many of the structures used during the city's slave
trade have been erased from the landscape, with few markers to indicate
their historical significance. With a pinhole camera, she captured
images of the Manchester Docks, Lumpkin's Jail, and the Negro Burial
Ground or, rather, the asphalt parking lots and empty fields that now
cover these landmarks. Merola will exhibit her work alongside related
objects from the Valentine Richmond History Center collection.
1015 East Clay Street - 804.649.0711 - www.richmondhistorycenter.com
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02.06.2008
