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Maggie Lena Walker is flanked by Mattie Dawson (left), and Emeline Johnson (right), officers in the Juvenile Branch of the Independent Order of Saint Luke, a black fraternal organization based in Richmond.
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Black History Month Richmond Resources

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The Valentine Announces 2025 Dominion Energy Richmond History Makers

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Director of Education and Engagement

Young Black boy wearing a superhero mask and a black t-shirt sits in front of sign that reads All Lives Can't Matter until Black Lives Matter
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2020 Vision: Richmond Youth Reflect on Pandemic and Protests Five Years Later

Lillian Payne stands in the center wearing a black dress. Two Black woman are to her right and another Black woman and a Black man are to her left. All are looking in her direction.
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Women’s History Month Richmond Resources

A large group of mostly women in white dresses and a few men in suits stand in front of the Jefferson Davis Monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. There is a large wreath hanging from the corner of the column the Davis sculpture stands upon.
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Shaping History: The UDC and Edward Valentine’s Collaboration on the Jefferson Davis Monument

The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Jefferson Davis Monument Association enlisted Richmond sculptor Edward Valentine—a firm believer in the Lost Cause narrative —to design the Jefferson Davis Monument, culminating in its unveiling in 1907.

Lunch counter and stools with a black and white picture behind of Virginia Union students during a sit-in protest against segregation.
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Three Objects, One Story: Primary Source Analysis