Confederate Nostalgia, Black Voices: The Paradox of Polk Miller
Over a century ago, engineers from the Edison Company hauled their bulky recording equipment from New Jersey to Richmond, Virginia. In 1909, they captured one of the first interracial recording sessions in American history: Polk Miller, a white Confederate veteran...
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A preview of IllumiNATION at Virginia Museum of History & Culture tonight
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“Everything’s Made Up. So Let’s Fix It.” — Salaam Bhatti
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Salaam Bhatti Interview: Campaign Finance, Community, and “We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For”
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Home Front on Chaos, Community, and Watch It Die
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It’s Still Our City Ep. 20 | Katie Davis, Salvation Tattoo
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Hand-Painted Ghanaian Movie Posters Take Over Studio Two Three
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