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Author Talk: Dr. Ryan K. Smith's Death and Rebirth in a Southern City

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:
11:00AM - 12:00PM
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