With Good Reason
With Good Reason
Virginia Humanities
Homecoming
52 minutes Posted Feb 25, 2022 at 9:17 pm.
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The first federally registered Black neighborhood in the United States was Jackson Ward, a once-booming economic and residential district in Richmond, Virginia. Through the Skipwith-Roper Homecoming initiative, Sisters Sesha Moon and Enjoli Moon are working to reconstruct the gambrel roof cottage of Richmond’s first known Black homeowner, Abraham Skipwith. And: Kelli Lemon is Virginia’s biggest cheerleader. She says that Richmond, Virginia will soon become the top destination for Americans to learn about Black American history.
Later in the show: How an image of two unknown women brought arts critic Jessica Lynne back home to Virginia.