History

Artsline || Feb. 6: Local arts and culture events, performances, classes, and exhibitions for the Richmond area, curated each week by VPM's Artsline.

The latest draft is drawing criticism from multiple social studies and history curriculum experts.

Hidden History with Brian Bullock uncovers new techniques in researching African-American genealogy.

Artsline || Jan. 30: Local arts and culture events, performances, classes, and exhibitions for the Richmond area, curated each week by VPM's Artsline.

Artsline || Jan. 23: Local arts and culture events, performances, classes, and exhibitions for the Richmond area, curated each week by VPM's Artsline.

Maryland artist Steven Weitzman will design the bronze statue of Johns that’s headed to the U.S. Capitol.

“We can look a historical figure in the eye and understand that they are flawed and brilliant at the same time."

Joshua Clemons is only 8 years old, but he has wisdom to impart about becoming a writer and about honoring the lives of enslaved Americans

There is a growing body of scientific evidence that deep trauma can transmit to generations of descendants—both through learned behaviors and even through changes in our biology.

As she walks the grounds of Monticello, Gayle Jessup White tells the story of those who once lived there - the enslaver, Thomas Jefferson, who enslaved more than 600 people, and the enslaved families he forced to work there. White is related to both families. “I couldn’t put together in my 13-year-old mind how a little Black kid growing up in Washington, D.C. could be related to the third president of the United States of America,” says Gayle Jessup White. White spent four decades tracing her ancestry and discovered through DNA that she is related both to Thomas Jefferson and to Peter Hemings, Sally Hemings’ brother. She works at Monticello and last year she published her memoir, “Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson and a Descendant's Search for her Family’s Lasting Legacy.” White hopes sharing her family story will help future generations better understand Thomas Jefferson and American history and continue the work of honoring the enslaved people and their role in shaping this country.