Forgotten Families: Free Blacks of Lynchburg and Their Descendants…, March
16, Thursday, 7:00-8:30pm.  Roanoke Public Libraries, Auditorium, Main
Library, 706 S. Jefferson St., Roanoke.

Ted Delaney, Archivist and Curator of the Old City Cemetery Museums &
Arboretum and P. Wayne Rhodes, Director of Jones Memorial Library, both of
Lynchburg and co-authors of _Free Blacks of Lynchburg, Virginia, 1805-
1865_, offer an illustrated talk about “free people of color” in antebellum
Lynchburg and their influence on “colored society” in the Gilded Age.

The talk will focus on the importance of records of free blacks to African-
American genealogists and how family history research brought these
forgotten families to light.  Roanokers will be especially interested in
hearing about the Crichton-DuPree family, descended from free blacks in
Lynchburg and residents of Roanoke in the twentieth century.

Enjoy a question & answer period, the opportunity to purchase an
autographed book and refreshments.  This program made possible with the
generous support of the Roanoke Library Foundation.  For more information
contact the Virginia Room, 540-853-2073 or [log in to unmask]

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