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Thursday, February 07, 2008
_An African Republic: Black and White Virginians in the Making of Liberia_ by
Marie Tyler-McGraw
Time: Noon–1:00PM
Place: Conference Rooms
FREE EVENT
The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that Marie Tyler-McGraw will be
with us to discuss and sign copies of her new work, _An African Republic_, on
Thursday, February 7, 2008 at noon. _An African Republic_ traces the parallel
but divergent tracks of black and white Virginians’ interest in African
colonization. She follows the experiences of the emigrants from Virginia to
Liberia, where some became the leadership class, consciously seeking to
demonstrate black abilities, while others found greater hardship and early
death. The 19th century American Colonization Society (ACS) project of
persuading all American free blacks to emigrate to the ACS colony of Liberia
could never be accomplished. Few free blacks volunteered, and greater
numbers would have overwhelmed the meager resources of the ACS. No state
was more involved with the project than Virginia, where white Virginians
provided much of the political and organizational leadership and black
Virginians provided a majority of the emigrants.
The Library of Virginia is located at 800 East Broad Street in downtown
Richmond. A limited amount of free parking is available under the building.
www.lva.virginia.gov
804.692.3900
Other Upcoming Events:
Monday, February 11 at noon
Book Talk - Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution by Woody
Holton
Tuesday, February 19 at noon
Lecture - Remembering Richmond’s Tommy Edwards and “It’s All in the Game”
by Don W. Gunter
Thursday, February 20 at 5:30 p.m.
Book Talk – A More Perfect Constitution: 23 Proposals to Revitalize Our
Constitution and Make America a Fairer Country by Larry Sabato
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