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"Determined"

The 400 Year Struggle for Black Equality Traveling Exhibit
2025-09-26 00:00:00 2025-09-26 23:59:00 America/New_York "Determined" Learn about 400 years of Black history in Virginia. Local History/Special Collections -

Friday, September 26
All day

Add to Calendar 2025-09-26 00:00:00 2025-09-26 23:59:00 America/New_York "Determined" Learn about 400 years of Black history in Virginia. Local History/Special Collections -

Learn about 400 years of Black history in Virginia.

Visit us to explore the traveling exhibit, "Determined," on loan from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, from September 25 through October 25. The exhibit traces four centuries of Black history in Virginia through the stories of extraordinary individuals who fought for equality and, in doing so, helped define our shared American ideals.

The panels will be on display throughout the Barrett Branch Library and can be visited whenever the Library is open.

A complementary slideshow examining the stories of Alexandria's own extraordinary residents who helped shape the City's journey toward equality will be shown alongside the exhibit. This supplemental exhibit was produced by the Library's Local History/Special Collections Branch.

"Determined" is on loan courtesy of the Virginia Museum of History and Culture. 

AGE GROUP: | All Ages |

EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | Local History | Family |

TAGS: | Virginia | va250 | museum | Local History | History | exhibit | education | black history | Alex250 |

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Tue, Feb 24, All day
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Wed, Feb 25, All day
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Sat, Feb 28, All day
Learn about the Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities, and how it documents culture in the state, through the portrait photography of Pat Jarrett.
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Learn about the Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities, and how it documents culture in the state, through the portrait photography of Pat Jarrett.
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Tue, Mar 03, All day
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