Library of Virginia Book Talk Event 10 February 2009 – Editors Mildred W. Robinson and Richard J. Bonnie offer an overview of the moving stories of those who attended public school soon after the Brown v. The Board of Education decision and saw the course of their lives and their society change. These personal accounts of how Brown affected them say much about race relations then and now. Robinson is Henry L. & Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. Bonnie is Harrison Foundation Professor of Medicine and Law, Hunton & Williams Research Professor, and director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry & Public Policy at the University of Virginia.
Encyclopedia Virginia: The Blog
- From Virginia to Russia, with LoveNow showing at the Virginia Historical Society: Cold War Crisis: The U-2 Incident / January 16–May 30, 2010 On May 1, 1960, an American U-2 reconnaissance plane was shot down over the Soviet Union by a surface-to-air missile. Francis Gary Powers—a civilian pilot flying for the Central Intelligence Agency—was unable to activate the self-destruct mechanism and […]brendanwolfe
Civil War History
- Awesome presentation of Battle Hymn of the RepublicI was sent this via email and had to share it with you all. Basically, elementary and high school students in choirs performed the Battle Hymn of the Republic, which was recorded by one of the parents and put to the video. It is truly touching and can be accessed here. Filed under: General Tagged: Battle [...] […]Daniel Sauerwein
