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Former BHMVA location on 00 Clay Street, Richmond. The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia was founded by Carroll Anderson Sr. and opened to the public at 00 Clay Street in 1988, [1] [4] followed by a move in 2016 to 122 West Leigh Street. [5] It is in a two-story building, and spans 12,000 square feet in size. [6]
Washington Post, October 28, 2022 "Where’s Kitty Cary? The answer unlocked Black history Richmond tried to hide." by Gregory S. Schneider; Virginia Passenger Rail Authority, DC2RVA Section 106 Records (Memorandum, letters and correspondance) added 2023; Richmond Times-Dispatch: Richmond gets land for Burying Ground trail, by David Ress, 1/09/2023
Last week, a Black-owned construction company began dismantling the remaining stone pedestals previously used to prop up massive Confederate statues The post Black History museum will decide fate ...
The transfer of the Lee statue and other monuments to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, was announced December 30, 2021 [52] and given unanimous approval by the Richmond City Council the next month. [53] The vacant pedestal was dismantled in February 2022, and the traffic circle is now a bare patch of grass. [10]
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The city of Richmond acquire ownership of East End Cemetery in 2024. [11] [14] [15] Colored Paupers Cemetery (a.k.a.The Garden of Lilie's) established in 1896 by the city of Richmond, on land adjoining the city's Oakwood Cemetery. [8] Woodland Cemetery was acquired in 1916 and opened in 1917, by the Richmond Planet newspaper editor John ...
website, planned museum, currently only virtual Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia: Richmond: Richmond: Central: African American: website: history of museum & link to address of the former First Battalion Virginia Volunteers Armory: Blacksburg Museum: Blacksburg: Montgomery: Blue Ridge Highlands: Local history
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