Have you gone or are you going to this year's State Fair of Virginia? A
state fair open to all Virginians is a given today, but in 1910, Jim Crow
limited or prevented Black Virginians' participation in the competitions
and entertainments. A pioneering Richmond leader sought to address that
disparity. Read more about it in today's The UncommonWealth.

https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2021/10/01/attractions-and-amusements-of-every-kind-will-be-the-order-of-things-the-history-of-the-virginia-colored-state-fair/


*Vincent T. Brooks*
Senior Local Records Archivist
Library of Virginia
800 East Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23219
804-692-3525
Fax 804-692-2277
*The Uncommonwealth* <https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/>

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