Wearing a stiff hat adorned with small flowers and a fine, lacey blouse, the lone woman gazes directly into the lens – and hence at the viewer, her expression as enigmatic as the Mona Lisa’s.Her identity is currently a mystery, one of the many unknow
Burley School served as the high school for Black students in Albemarle County and Charlottesville from 1951 to 1967 when “separate but equal” was the land’s law.
Community Read event: What is an Indigenous history?
Published Wednesday, May. 12, 2021, 9:58 am
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Join panelists Diane Shields, Kenneth Branham, Teresa Pollak, Sue Elliott, Dr. Jeff Hantman and other citizens of the Monacan Nation for a reading and conversation about the Community Read book
The Monacan Indians: Our Story.
The discussion will be facilitated by Dr. Irtefa Binte-Farid, coordinator for equity and accountability with the Albemarle County Office of Equity and Inclusion.
The event is set for Friday at 3 p.m. via Zoom