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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