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Juneteenth
Juneteenth, which combines the words June and nineteenth, is a holiday celebrated by many African Americans to commemorate the end of legal slavery in the United States. It... More»
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The Charms of Belle Boyd
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Hodges, Charles E. (1819–after April 15, 1910)
Charles E. Hodges was a member of the House of Delegates (1869–1871) from Norfolk County. Born in Princess Anne County, the son of free African Americans,... Find Out More
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Cather, Willa (1873–1947)
Willa Cather was a Virginia-born modernist writer who is best known for O Pioneers! (1913) and My Ántonia (1918), two novels about Nebraska, where she attended school and spent much of her childhood. Her re-creation of what is...
