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Rva, Richmond, And The Geography Of Memory, Laura Browder
Rva, Richmond, And The Geography Of Memory, Laura Browder
English Faculty Publications
“Can The Old South Rebrand Itself? Richmond Tries, With A Dynamic New Logo” ran the headline of a 2012 article in the monthly business magazine Fast Company, announcing the city’s new logo, RVA — shorthand for Richmond, Virginia. “The former seat of the Confederacy has been quietly transforming itself into a more creative place,” explained author Emily Badger. “Now it has the visual identity to match.” Badger went on to describe the challenge faced by students at the VCU Brandcenter, who in 2010 were charged with rebranding the city, “a task more daunting given that Richmond has long had a …
Nuestras Historias/Our Histories: Latinos In Richmond, Patricia Herrera, Laura Browder
Nuestras Historias/Our Histories: Latinos In Richmond, Patricia Herrera, Laura Browder
Theatre and Dance Faculty Publications
There are approximately 100,000 Latinos in the Richmond metropolitan area who represent a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. As Latinos immigrate to Richmond, they establish permanent ties to their new home and begin to transform its culture. Through interviews, objects and images, Nuestras Historias: Latinos in Richmond documents the region’s diverse Latino experience.
Censorship In Black And White: The Burning Cross (1947), Band Of Angels (1957) And The Politics Of Film Censorship In The American South After World War Ii, Melissa Ooten
Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Faculty Publications
In 1806, Richmond entrepreneurs built the city’s first theater, the New Theater, at the present-day juncture of Thirteenth and Broad streets. This theater was likely the first in Virginia, and Richmonders of all colors, classes, and genders attended, although a three-tiered system of seating and ticket pricing separated attendees by race and class. Wealthy white patrons paid a dollar or more to sit in boxes thoroughly separated from the rest of the audience. Their middle and working class counterparts paid two or three quarters for orchestra seating. For a quarter or less, the city’s poorest citizens, any people of color, …
Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery (Foreword), Edward L. Ayers
Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery (Foreword), Edward L. Ayers
History Faculty Publications
A foreword to the book, Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery by John O. Peters. Petersbury: The Dietz Press, 2010.