– “How the Lee Monument Came Down,” a virtual presentation by Michael Spence, managing gen- eral partner with Team Henry Enterprises, who led the team that disassembled the Monument Avenue statue and pedestal of Confederate Gen. Presented by the Richmond Public Library’s “Get Lit” literacy initiative and the Harriet Tubman Learning Center, which was established in 2015 by Ms. Tubman’s legacy continues to grow and impact today’s youths. – Rita Daniels, the great-great-great niece or Harriet Tubman, will speak about how Ms. Randolph’s legacy and is the recipient of a Virginia Humanities grant for her project. Belsches currently is working on a documentary about Ms.
As her career progressed, she was an advocate for public health and juvenile justice reform.
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She led a program funded by the Jeanes Foundation to upgrade vocational training throughout the U.S. Randolph was an educator in Henrico County who was named the United States’ first “Jeanes Supervising Industrial Teacher” by the county’s superintendent of schools, Jackson Davis. Public historian, biographer and filmmaker Elvatrice Belsches will offer a multimedia talk amplifying the extraordinary contributions of educator Virginia E. 12, at 2 p.m., Glen Allen Branch Library, 10501 Staples Mill Road.
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Register to attend in person or to watch online at Saturday, Feb. The talk will be based on her new book, “On Juneteenth.” Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed tells the sweeping story of Juneteenth, chronicling its origins in Texas and the many hardships African-Americans have endured since then. 10, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Virginia Commonwealth University James Branch Cabell Library Lecture Hall, 901 Park Ave. Some of the month’s local events include: Their first celebration took place in 1970, with the month-long event then being celebrated throughout America in educational institutions, centers of Black culture and community centers. Woodson and other prominent African-Americans.īlack History Month was first proposed by Black educators and the Black United Students at Kent State University in February, 1969. The event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Dr. Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African-Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S.
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