Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865,” tells stories from a variety of perspectives — personal, community and family.

Visitors to an opening event of “Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865” at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond. Courtesy of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture ...

VIRGINIA.; THE LATE ELECTIONS. ... Aug. 1, 1865. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from August 1, 1865, Page 2 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

The date commemorates the full emancipation of enslaved African Americans in 1865. Union troops arrived in Texas and brought word of freedom to more than 250,000 people of color in the state.

A Black-owned construction business on Monday dismantled and removed the last public Confederate statue on display in Richmond, Virginia, the city that served as the capital of the Confederacy ...

Richmond, Virginia, was once the capital of the Confederacy. On Monday, the city removed its last Confederate monument. Workers lifted a bronze statue of Confederate General A.P. Hill from its ...

Complete Guide to Richmond National Battlefield Park in Virginia including things to see, Civil War Battlefields, directions, and so much more. Richmond National Battlefield Park includes 13 park ...