Events at: Library of Virginia

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Emma Violand-Sánchez, an educator and advocate for immigrants and refugees, and writer David Bearinger, the co-author of Violand-Sánchez’s memoir, “Dreams and Shadows: An Immigrant’s Journey.”

oin us for a talk by award-winning poet, author and professor Crystal Wilkinson on her latest book, “Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks.”

Join us for a talk by historian and author Brent Tarter, who will discuss Dunmore’s War of 1774. Consisting of one battle only, the event was either the last of the colonial Virginia wars with members of First Nations tribes or the first battle of the American Revolution.

Join us for a volunteer session to learn how you can help make historical documents more searchable and usable for researchers now and in the future.

Join us for a talk by author and historian Laura E. Helton on her book “Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History.”

Explore the methods and resources for finding ancestors that fought in World Wars I & II with reference archivist Kenneth Forest and digital collections specialist Lauren Caravati.

Celebrate with the Library of Virginia as we award the Commonwealth’s highest prizes for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children’s literature and art in literature.

Join us for a virtual talk by author Richard Rothstein, who will discuss his books “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America” and “Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law.”

Explore Richmond’s historic Jackson Ward neighborhood through a 20-stop walking tour led by local historian and radio personality Gary L. Flowers.

Celebrate Making History, our crowdsourcing program, at our annual Transcribe-a-versary!