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The UncommonWealth
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"Brooks, Vincent (LVA)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:07:14 +0000
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Contrary to assumptions, the story of Black Virginians elected to public office goes beyond the end of Reconstruction. Read more about the subject in today's The UncommonWealth.

https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2023/02/22/the-first-civil-rights-black-political-activism-after-claiming-freedom/


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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