Current News

See also: Legacy Reflection 2005 by Ann van de Graaf

Fall 2009

• Legacy Museum Events

• Legacy Museum Exhibits

Spring 2009

• Pierre Thomas Speaks at Annual Dinner

• Collection Committee Prepares for Juneteenth Exhibit Opening

• Angela Graham Elected President of Legacy Board of Directors

• Doris Scott Crawford Joins Board of Directors

• Juneteenth Plans Taking Shape for June 20

• Kwanzaa Celebration: "A People without Knowledge Is like a Tree without Roots"

• Activity Center Rocks and Rolls to Beat of First Drum Circle

• Geral Butler Offers Portraiture Class at LAC

• Documentary Film Plays to Enthusiastic Audiences, Thanks to Gloria Cannady

• Anne Spencer Revisited: A Special Day at the Activity Center

• Jabberwock: Serious Fun

• Partnerships Energize LAC Activities

• ... And More Partnerships

• Operating Budget Suffers from Economic Downturn

• Announcements

November 2008

• "For Our Own Good" opens on Juneteenth

• Current Exhibit Strengthens Ties between Legacy, Old City Cemetery

• Next Exhibit to Deal with Central Virginia African Americans in the Military

• Prepare for Kwanzaa at Legacy

• Health and Medicine Exhibit Makes Appearance at National Conference

• Joseph Berryman, President of the Board of Directors of the Legacy Museum

• Legacy Board Member Named to YWCA Academy of Women

• In Memoriam: Thelma Mundy

• Luncheons Spark Enthusiasm for Legacy Activity Center

• Cardwell, Woodruff, and Wild Tell Stories of the Past, Express Hopes for Beloved Community of the Future

• Student Volunteer Gains Experience, Helps Museum

June 2008

• "For Our Own Good", new Exhibit on Civic and Social Clubs to Open Saturday, June 21

• Juneteenth Celebration to Take Place on Our Hill Saturday, June 21

• Hope and Skepticism: Board Members Participate in Community Dialogue 0n Race and Racism

• Sweet Briar History Professor, Students Provide Original Research for Next Exhibit

• You Keep the Doors Open

• Welcome to the Board!

• How a Job and a Museum Can Change a Life

• Cheryl Stallings Appointed to VAM Council

• Legacy Museum Benefits from Campbell Birthday Celebration

• African American Health Professionals Exhibit now on View at Virginia Baptist Hospital

• Annual Dinner Celebrates Black History, Service to Legacy

February 2007

• New Officers, New Opportunities

• "Someday" Opens to Enthusiastic Crowd

• Children's Annex Moves Along

• Naming Opportunities for the Legacy Museum

• Volunteers Needed

November 2006

• Legacy awarded prestigious grant

• New Talent Comes on Board

June 2006

• Deep in My Heart: The Rise of Jim Crow in Central Virginia, 1865-1954" Opens June 2005 to June 20065.

February 2005

• Legacy earns VFH Grant for The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow in Central Virginia, 1865-1975.

• Legacy Outreach

• Volunteers Needed

• In Brief

• Challenge Grant

• Legacy Mission Expanded

• In Memory Crystabel A. Harris

June 2004

• Mindin` Our Own Business: African American 
  Business Enterprise in Central Virginia, 1820-1970
  

February 2004

• Legacy Earns VFH Grant for Business Exhibit

• Programs on African American Church Music Well Attended

• Highlights from "A Religion that Sings"

• Church Days on the Hill

• Legacy Outreach

• Volunteers Needed

• In Brief

• Challenge Grant

• In Memory  Elizabeth Nash Rufus Callaham

October 2003

• Black Church Exhibit presents a Pleasant Problem for Legacy!

• President's letter

• Swann-Wright to Curate 2004-2005 Exhibit on Black Businesses

• Traveling Baskets Ready for Churches, Clubs, Schools

• VFH Officials Attend Opening of "By God's Grace"

• Music programs scheduled for November

• Legacy participates in Kaleidoscope activities

June 2003

• New Exhibit on the Black Church Opened June 29

• Grants from Community Trust and R. R. Donnelly Help Meet NEH Challenge see also FAQ about the NEH Challenge Grant

• Jamaal Crone Begins Summer Work in Social Entrepreneurship

• New Talent Comes on Board

• Arbor Day at the Museum

• A Performance Space in the Making

March 2003

• As Deadline Nears, Museum Still Needs $24,000 To Meet NEH Challenge
• New Officers, New Opportunities
• Collectors Scour Countryside Looking for Artifacts For Black Church Exhibit
• Is Your Church Missing?
• "Whirlwind" on Tape
• Learning How to Research Your Family's History
• Annual Dinner
• Clarence Seay: Man of Principles

Jan 2003

• Museum Receives $100,000 NEH Challenge Grant

• VFH Grant to Support Exhibit on the Black Church

• A Farewell

• A New Face