Author Talk: Dr. Ryan K. Smith's Death and Rebirth in a Southern City
Virginia Commonwealth University History Professor Ryan K. Smith will discuss his recently published book, Death and Rebirth in a Southern City: Richmond's Historic Cemeteries, and the complementary web-based project richmondcemeteries.org. Drawing on extensive oral histories and archival research, Smith's work covers St. John's churchyard, African burial grounds in Shockoe Bottom and Shockoe Hill, Hebrew Cemetery, and Hollywood Cemetery, among others. Books will be available for purchase and signing after the talk. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
- Date:
- Sat Oct 7th 2023
- Time:
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Location:
- TU Meeting Room
- Library:
- Tuckahoe Area Library
- Audience:
- Adults Teen (Grade 6-12)
- Categories:
- Author Visit Lectures & Talks
For more information about this program, please contact Kimberly Bridges, Programming Librarian, at Kbridges@henricolibrary.org, or by phone at (804) 501-1929
