Richmond Roots: Tracing the Sources of the City's African American
Architecture

Please join A.C.O.R.N. (Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods) for
a free slide lecture on Sunday, February 16, at 2 pm at the Black History
Museum, 00 East Clay Street, Richmond, VA 23219.

Free and enslaved blacks built the vast majority of buildings in Richmond
before the Civil War.  Yet their contributions over the centuries-- as
architects, craftsmen, laborers, and artisans-- remain largely overlooked.
A.C.O.R.N.'s "Richmond Roots" project will illuminate this facet of Richmond
history while helping to rejuvenate those buildings and neighborhoods that
are the storehouses of a rich past.  Architectural historian Selden
Richardson and Professor Maurice Duke will present a slide lecture, which is
free and open to the public.  Reservations required as space is limited.
Call A.C.O.R.N. at 422.2148.



Melinda Parker Skinner
Annual Fund Director
Library of Virginia Foundation
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219-8000
Phone: (804) 692-3591
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