The next two programs in the Virginia Heritage Resource Center's Mining the Treasure House lecture series will take place at noon on Tuesday, February 18, 2003 and at noon on Thursday, February 20, 2003, in the conference rooms adjacent to the lobby in the Library of Virginia at 800 East Broad Street in downtown Richmond. The speaker on Tuesday will be Veronica Davis, and independent researcher. She will speak on "Historic African-American Cemeteries in Richmond," and is the author of the recent book, Here I Lay My Burdens Down, which is about those cemeteries. A book signing will follow the talk. The speaker on Thursday will be Lucious Edwards, Jr., archivist and professor at Virginia State University. He will speak on"Luther P. Jackson and the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History." Luther P. Jackson was an early and influential Virginia African-American history scholar, who taught for many years at. Virginia State University. There is free underground parking for Library patrons. For more information on this and other programs and services of the Library of Virginia please visit the Library's web site at http://lva.lib.va.us <http://lva.lib.va.us> or call at 804-692-3592. Minor T. Weisiger Archives Research Services Coordinator The Library of Virginia [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 804-692-3538 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html <http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html> or http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html <http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html