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Community News
FREE SCREENING and DISCUSSION: New Film ‘Bloodlines of the Slave Trade’ Has Deep Alexandria Ties
ALEXANDRIA, VA – In honor of Black History Month, the Alexandria Film Festival will present Bloodlines of the Slave Trade,…
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Community News
PHOTOS: 400 of Alexandria’s ‘Who’s Who’ Attend NAACP 90th Anniversary Freedom Fund Gala
By Mark Farkas ALEXANDRIA, VA –While “Thriving Together” was the official theme of the Alexandria NAACP’s 90th Anniversary Freedom Fund…
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Historic Alexandria
Historian Audrey P. Davis Named Director of African American History Division at Historic Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Audrey P. Davis has been selected to lead the the African American History division at the Office…
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SCENE AROUND TOWN
Alexandria’s Business Professionals Connect Over Coffee and Croissants at The Lloyd House
ALEXANDRIA, VA – On Thursday morning, The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce hosted “Professional Women’s Network Coffee & Connections,” an event…
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Alexandria History
ALEXANDRIA: Increasing Access to African American Archives
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Alexandria Black History Museum, part of the Office of Historic Alexandria, is the proud recipient of…
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Community News
Alexandria’s Black History Museum Director Speaks Out: “It Must Stop Now!”
ALEXANDRIA, VA -On Wednesday, June 10, 2020, the Alexandria Black History Museum’s Executive Director Audrey Davis publicly issued the following…
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Community News
Join a Committee to Claim Alexandria’s Equal Justice Initiative Monument
Alexandria, VA – Alexandria has begun the process to claim its Equal Justice Initiative monument in solemn recognition of its…
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Memorials
Photos: A Candlelight Vigil at Contrabands & Freedmen Cemetery Memorial
ALEXANDRIA,VA- What is the price of freedom? For more than 1,700 former enslaved African Americans buried in Alexandria, it meant…
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Community News
What’s the Vision for the Alexandria Historical Society in 2019?
By Shenise Foster Alexandria’s history is rich, but it’s important to remember that Alexandrians were real people like you and…
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Community News
Alexandria to Honor Lynching Victims by Claiming National Memorial for Peace and Justice Monument
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Alexandria’s past is imperfect, but embracing that fact gives the city its strength. On Tuesday, the Alexandria…
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