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2. Thomas R. Glass - Wikipedia

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   Glass worked in the family business, Lynchburg's daily newspapers the News and Advance, later combined as The News & Advance. He started in marketing and public relations, and rose to publisher. During his tenure, the publishing group added local newspapers in Culpeper, Richlands, and Tazewell and continued publishing until 1979.

3. The News & Advance - Wikipedia

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   The News & Advance covers local news of interest to Lynchburg and its surrounding counties, a combined metropolitan area of 261,593 people as of the 2020 census.Topics commonly covered include development in and around the city; higher education, including Liberty University, founded by Jerry Falwell, and Randolph College, nuclear technology, as the city is home to Areva and BWX Technologies ...

4. List of newspapers in Virginia - Wikipedia

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   News & Advance [4] Lynchburg: 1986 Daily Lee Enterprises: News-Gazette [4] Lexington 1801 [8] Weekly The News-Gazette Corp. Began as the Rockbridge Repository 1801: News Leader: Staunton: 1904 Daily Gannett Company [9] News Progress: Mecklenburg County: 1884 Weekly Womack Publishing Co. Inc. [2] News Virginian: Waynesboro: Daily Lee Enterprises ...

5. Seth Woodroof - Wikipedia

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   Seth Woodroof was born about 1805 in Virginia. [2] He was the only child of Jesse Woodroof and Rhoda Pettyjohn, and a Virginian on both sides; Woodroof's family background is fairly well-attested, in part due to a later lawsuit involving his maternal grandfather William Pettyjohn's 1822 will. [3]

6. Old City Cemetery (Lynchburg, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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   It has been estimated that over 90% of Lynchburg's enslaved and free African American population are buried in the Old City Cemetery, the primary burial site for African Americans from 1806 to 1865. In fact, at that time it was the only burial ground, excluding private family graveyards, available to African Americans in the area.

7. List of African American newspapers in Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Only African American paper in Lynchburg in first decade of 1900s. [8] Lynchburg: Laboring Man: 1886 [8] 1888 [8] Lynchburg: Southern Forge: 1895 [8] 1896 [8] Lynchburg: The Voice Of God: 1890s [36] 1900s [36] Weekly [36] LCCN sn96096555; OCLC 34494037; Surviving issue from 1897. [36] Newport News: The Star/ Newport News Star [37] 1900 [19] or ...