Virginia Humanities Fellow Rachel Stevens takes stock and changes focus to uncover how newly-freed African Americans enacted citizenship and celebrated freedom through art and culture in post-Civil War Richmond. Read all about it in today's Uncommonwealth Blog: https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2022/08/10/elevating-the-art-and-culture-of-freedom-in-post-war-richmond/ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at https://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).