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Sculpting History Resources – Podcast Episodes

Seeking Truth in the Valentine’s New Exhibition: “Sculpting History at the Valentine Studio: Art, Power, and the ‘Lost Cause’ American Myth” Opens January 25, 2024

Excerpt from Richmond Planet, July 5, 1902

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Valentine Teacher Fellowship Application

Please complete the Teacher Fellowship application below to be considered for the Summer 2024 Fellowship. Applications close on March 29th at 11:59pm. We will review applications in April and finalists will be notified before May 1st. If you have any questions, please reach out to Marisa Day at 804.649.0711 ext. 317 or via email mday@thevalentine.org.

A Measuring Rod by Mildred L. Rutherford, 1919

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference members in Richmond, 1963

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Our America/Whose America?

Researcher Registration Form

“Women Working with Clay: A Shared Purpose” Opening at the Valentine for Annual NCECA Conference

Thomas Cannon, Sr., Poor Man’s Philanthropist

The “Poor Man’s Philanthropist” Thomas Cannon gave away over $150,000 usually in $1,000 checks from 1972 until his death in 2005. For 33 years, he lived a life of poverty so he could give away his small Post Office pension to deserving people he mostly read about in the newspaper.