Reston, Virginia, was among the first post-World War II 'new towns' in the United States. New towns were start-from-scratch urban projects that used creative planning to attempt to combine the best of the country and the city.

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Would you have the courage to do what Barbara Johns did on this day in 1951? How about when you were 16 years old? Her leadership continues to inspire us 73 years later. Learn about this remarkable Virginian loom.ly/n7Xa1ww And visit the Moton Museum in Farmville.

Many of the confederate monuments in Virginia are the result of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who fundraised to erect somewhere between 450 to 700 statues. Learn more about the controversial group here: loom.ly/_ksODlU

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Thomas Jefferson was born #OTD in 1743. Learn more about this Virginia-born president and his family here: loom.ly/g3j22_k

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Rosenwald schools were constructed to narrow racial schooling gaps at a time when little to no public money was put toward Black education. The Julius Rosenwald High School in Northumberland County was one such school. Learn more: loom.ly/Qzi_mlg

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On #WorldTheatre Day check out our virtual tour of the Barter Theater in Abingdon. Opening during the Great Depression, the Barter earned its name by allowing patrons to pay the admission price with produce, dairy products, or livestock.

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What does this map have to do with the renaming of UVA's library?

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Credit: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

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This #dentistsday , celebrate James C.A. Smith, a free Black dentist in Richmond who helped Henry Box Brown escape slavery in 1849. Smith helped mail Brown in a small wooden box from Richmond to Philadelphia. Entry: loom.ly/NiCgZ6s #history #virginiahistory #blackhistory

Why is Alderman Library at UVA being renamed?

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Credit: UVA Special Collections

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In honor of the 2024 Black History Month we are highlighting Black history in art. Do you know who is depicted in this folk-art painting?

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In honor of the 2024 Black History Month theme, “African Americans and the Arts,” we are highlighting Black history in art on our homepage. Attendees of D.C.’s 2020 Juneteenth celebration colored in this poster. Learn more: loom.ly/xbSOu7o

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'When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.' --Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History

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Carter G. Woodson, the 'Father of Black History,' created the forerunner to Black History Month.

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This photograph by Marley Nichelle shows a family by a Charlottesville mural. The artwork is meant to show the resilience of Charlottesville’s Black community.

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Happy #ValentinesDay from Encyclopedia Virginia!

The American Press Association made this very cute collage to celebrate the engagement of President Woodrow Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt in 1915.

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Source: Library of Congress

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This 1993 painting by Maizelle Brown, a Norfolk-based artist who has dedicated her career to chronicling her community, depicts a night at the Attucks Theatre, sometimes called the “Apollo of the South.”

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Arthur Ashe was an athlete and activist known for his on-court grace and low-key demeanor. He died #OnThisDay in 1993. Watch him play and view a post-match interview recorded in 1965: loom.ly/fYH1MPc #sportshistory #BlackHistory #VirginiaHistory

The 15th Amendment, ratified #OTD in 1870, granted the right to vote to African American men across the country. But Black men had already voted legally in VA. Learn more about the 15th amendment in VA in this entry: loom.ly/TXaIb08 #BlackHistoryMonth

On this day in 1801, John Marshall received U.S. Senate confirmation to be chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Take a virtual tour of the house in Richmond where Marshall lived with his family. loom.ly/T51wfBA