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This is a free event, but registration is required.
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The Library of Virginia will host a free symposium inspired by the exhibition “House to Highway: Reclaiming a Community History.” This day-long event will explore themes highlighted in the exhibition, including urban renewal, historic preservation and Black history. Join us for presentations from Calvin Schermerhorn, professor of history at Arizona State University and author of “The Plunder of Black America”; Warren Milteer, associate professor of history at George Washington University and author of “Beyond the Shadow of Slavery: Free People of Color in the South”; and John Finn, associate professor of geography and chair of the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology at Christopher Newport University.
Additional sessions will include a workshop on historic preservation led by Latoya Gray-Sparks, community outreach coordinator for the Department of Historic Resources, and a discussion on grassroots historic preservation efforts presented by Viola Baskerville, former Virginia Secretary of Administration and former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and Ana Edwards, a public historian and assistant professor of African American history at Virginia Commonwealth University.
“House to Highway: Reclaiming a Community History” is on view at the Library from July 14, 2025, to Feb. 28, 2026.
This is a free event, but registration is required. Limited free parking is available underneath the Library at 800 East Broad Street. For more information, contact education@lva.virginia.gov.
