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Reclaiming Richmond

July 17, 2020

Ayers, Ed (Center Trustee; Former President and Professor of History at the University of Richmond, Former President of the Organization of American Historians, and Noted Public Historian)

American History; Confederate States of America; Emancipation; American Civil War;

Historian Ed Ayers discusses how Richmond, Virginia’s 2015 sesquicentennial celebration drew upon the past to re-imagine the future. He emphasizes the ways in which the event’s planners sought to honor the diversity of perspectives and lived experiences in the former capital of the Confederacy.


Subjects

History / American History / Confederate States of America / Emancipation / American Civil War /

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