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The VFH and African American History in Virginia 6 7 8 10 New Folklife African and VABook! at Hyphens Apprenticeships Appalachian Strings Fourteen and Blogs The Newsletter of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Spring 2008 The VFH and African American History in Virginia everal weeks before this issue of VFH Views went to press, Mildred Jeter Loving died at her home in Milford, Virginia. Forty years earlier, she and her husband Richard had successfully challenged SVirginia’s anti-miscegenation laws in a landmark case known as Loving v. Virginia. BY DAVID BEARINGER The Loving decision, handed down by the Supreme Court on June 12, 1967, removed one of the last grim pillars of legalized racial segregation in the United States. Its impact was profound. Accordingly, Ms. Loving’s death was acknowledged in scores of newspapers, large and small, both in Virginia and throughout the country. Some eulogized her; and many took note of the impact the Loving case continues to have on how we, as Americans, understand the meaning of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment and its guarantee of “equal protection of the laws.” And yet both Ms. Loving and her husband, who was killed in an auto accident in 1975, lived in relative obscurity. And their story—one of courage, love, and modest but steadfast commit- ment in the face of stubborn, deeply rooted legal and social obstacles—is still not widely known, even in Virginia. The Lovings never sought publicity; and they took little credit for the changes they had brought about. But their story is one of the most important—and inspiring—in Virginia’s history, one that deserves to be told alongside the better- known stories of our collective past. $ $ $ John R. and Lucy Turner Chiles were photographed with their children by African American photographer George O. Brown. The first of four generations of Richmond photographers, Brown began his career around 1875.Photo courtesy of Lillian Williams Lovett Continued on page 2 Virginia Foundation for the Humanities 145 Ednam Drive The VFH and African Charlottesville, VA 22903-4629 (434) 924-3296 AmericanContinued from cover History in Virginia fax (434) 296-4714 virginiafoundation.org [email protected] few days before Mildred Loving’s death, the Robert R. Moton Museum in Farmville hosted a reception to announce a major cor- III, PRESIDENT Robert C. Vaughan, porate gift in support of its efforts to establish a center DEVEloPMENT A for the study of Civil Rights in Education. Sheryl Hayes, DIRECTOR PROGRAM ASSOCIATE Lynda Myers, The Museum is located in the former African ENCYcloPEDIA VIRGINIA American high school building, the site of a 1951 Matthew Gibson, MANAGING EDITOR student protest against poor conditions and against MEDIA EDITOR Matthew Gaventa, blatant violations of the prevailing doctrine of “sepa- Tori Talbot, ASSISTANT EDITOR Brendan Wolfe, ASSOCIATE EDITOR rate but equal.” GRANTS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS The student protest led to a lawsuit challenging David Bearinger, DIRECTOR the separate-but-equal doctrine, in a case known as PROGRAM ASSOCIATE Carolyn Cades, PROGRAM ASSOCIATE Davis v. Prince Edward County. The Davis case, in Jeanne Siler, AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE PROGRAM turn, was bundled together with four others from dif- Christina Draper, PROGRAM DIRECTOR ferent parts of the country, including Brown v. Board of VIRGINIA FOLKLIFE PROGRAM Education of Topeka, Kansas, leading to what is gener- PROGRAM DIRECTOR Jon Lohman, ally regarded as the most important Supreme Court vIRGINIA INDIAN HERITAGE PROGRAM th PROGRAM DIRECTOR Karenne Wood, decision of the 20 century. MEDIA PROGRAMS Since the mid 1980s, the Virginia Foundation Andrew Wyndham, DIRECTOR for the Humanities has worked extensively with the Lydia Wilson, PROGRAM ASSOCIATE Moton Museum, and with many other organizations “WITH GOOD REAson” RADIO SHOW and scholars from throughout the state, in explor- Sarah McConnell, PRODUCER AND HOST Jesse Dukes, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER ing the history and significance of what took place in Nancy King, FEATURE PRODUCER Prince Edward County. Elliot Majerczyk, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER “bACKSTory” RADIO SHOW Tony Field, PRODUCER Catherine Moore, RESEARCH ASSISTANT Virginia’s African American history is a story that includes the achievements Rachel Quimby, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER of writers, of artisans and builders, and of leaders in the fields of health care, PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT politics, banking, journalism, law, education, and the arts. Andrew Chancey, DIRECTOR Gail Shirley-Warren, BUSINESS MANAGER Cary Ferguson, FISCAL ASSISTANT This story includes the people—Barbara and WEBMASTER Vernon Johns, The Reverend L. Francis Griffin, Trey Mitchell Oliver Hill, Spotswood Robinson, and others—who RECEPTIONISTS were among its central figures. It also includes the Judy Moody disastrous five-year closing of Prince Edward’s public Jeannie Palin RESEARCH AND EDUcatION schools in “Massive Resistance” to Court-ordered Roberta Culbertson, DIRECTOR desegregation. Ann White Spencer, PROGRAM ASSOCIATE The VFH has supported films, books, scholarly VIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE BOOK conferences and public discussions, oral histories, DIRECTOR Susan Coleman, research, exhibits, and websites—all devoted to VIRGINIA FESTIvaL OF THE BOOK this complex story, which—like the story of Loving Nancy Damon, PROGRAM DIRECTOR Kevin McFadden, ASSOC. PROGRAM DIRECTOR v. Virginia—remains far less well known than it NEWSLETTER StaFF deserves to be. $ $ $ David Bearinger, ADVISORY EDITOR Christina Draper, TEXT/WEB EDITOR Kevin McFadden, CO-EDITOR he first Africans arrived in what is now DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Lynda Myers, Virginia in 1619. For nearly four centuries Ann White Spencer, CO-EDITOR Lydia Wilson, TEXT/WEB EDITOR leading up to the present day, the struggle of Africans and of African Americans for freedom and The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities T for equal rights has had a profound significance, both Newsletter is published three times a year. The VFH is an independent, nonprofit, tax- for Virginia and for the nation as a whole. But it is exempt organization. only part of the story. 2 Spring 2008 Virginia’s African American history is also the story of communities, large and small; and of distinctively African American institutions that strengthened community. It’s a story that includes the achievements of writers, of artisans and builders, and of leaders in the fields of health care, politics, banking, journalism, law, education, and the arts. It’s also the stories: of how they, along with the other essential aspects of a community’s identity and culture, are preserved—through music, oral traditions, and the arts of everyday life. And finally, in recent decades it’s also been the story of history itself: of African American history being explored, acknowledged and generally accepted as part of the mainstream of Virginia history, where it has really been all along. We believe the VFH has played an important role in this transformation. Exploring the broader story of African Ameri- can history and culture in Virginia has been one of the central commitments of the VFH since we were established in 1974. It’s a commitment that goes to the provided a solid foundation for the Heritage Program, heart of our mission and purpose. along with a number of much larger-scale projects Apart from local and regional history, broadly such as the 1986 version of the Don’t Grieve After Me defined, there is probably no area of the humanities in exhibit and catalogue (developed in partnership with which the VFH has contributed more, invested more, Hampton University) and the Piedmont Blues Guitar- or worked as consistently over the past 34 years. ists Tour, an early contribution by the Virginia Folklife And the results of this long-term commitment Program to the understanding and appreciation of can be seen in, literally, hundreds of projects, includ- African American musical traditions in the state. ing scores of publications, developed in partnership Likewise, in almost every other program area of the VFH—from the radio series “With Good Reason” to Encyclopedia Virginia, from Folklife to the Virginia Festival of the Book, from Fellowships to the work of the VFH regional councils—exploring African American history and culture in the state has been among our highest priorities. $ $ $ uch important work remains to be done. But at times, especially in recent years, observing the many regional and Mcommunity-based efforts to explore Virginia’s African American history and heritage taking place through- out Virginia has been like watching an orchard coming into bloom. PHOTOS, FROM LEFT: This has been both an inspiration and a Creating their own music, often with with local organizations and humanities institutions, challenge: to make the most of the opportunities African instruments like the banjo, blacks have bequeathed a rich legacy to Virginia. work that has drawn both on the expertise of scholars presented to us. Circa 1890. Cook Collection, Valentine and on the wealth of knowledge within African The humanities have an important role to play in Richmond History Center, Richmond American communities statewide. exploring Virginia’s African American history and the Christiansburg Institute students in the school Library, circa 1915. Photo courtesy The creation of the VFH African American cultures of African American communities, past and of Christiansburg Institute Heritage Program in 2000 gave a focus to this present. The Foundation’s commitment to this part Arguing for desegregation, decades-long commitment, and the achievements of of our essential mission remains strong after nearly U.S. District Court, Alexandria, 1957. AP/World Wide Photos this Program to-date are summarized by Christina 35 years of working in the orchard. And we welcome Protesting segregated libraries, Draper in her article beginning on page 5. new partnerships and new opportunities to continue Alexandria, 1939. But scores of grants and fellowships preceded and this work in the months, years, and decades ahead. Alexandria Black History Museum 3 AfricanBY DAVID BEARINGER American History-Related Grants and Fellowships Over the past twenty Laurel Grove School Mapping Local Knowledge: years, VFH has In the late 1990s, Laurel Grove Colored School, the last Danville, Va.
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