Blogs/Websites

Blogs & Websites

Threads of History; Mary Baldwin College

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Robert Moore's Blog: http://cenantua.wordpress.com

Robert Moore's blog is a wonderful resource. His research often includes writing about men like Jack Dogans of Page County and most recently the call for conscription. The links to those two blog entries are below.

http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2014/02/09/the-panic-of-the-confederate-congress-a-call-for-the-conscription-of-free-blacks/

http://cenantua.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-flip-side-to-the-search-for-black-confederates/

Blog; "Too Long Forgotten" by Robert Moore

Robert Moore has written about the USCT soldiers from the Valley. You can read his blog entry below.

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Legacy of Lucy F. Simms School; DVD

This DVD is about the Lucy F. Simms School. It was made by Billo Communications in 2005 and can be found in The Massanutten Regional Library, Harrisonburg.

Websites of Interest:

General History: Reconstruction http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

Furious Flower Poetry Center http://www.jmu.edu/furiousflower/

African-American Families Database http://centralvirginiahistory

African-American Gateway http://www.genealogycenter.info

African-American History http://aawc.com/

National Museum of African American History and Culture https://nmaahc.si.edu

Underground Railroad, John Curtis, an escaped slave from Rockingham County,VA his story told by Henry Burke his great grandson http://henryburke1010.tripod.com/id20.html

African American Heritage http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans

African American Civil War Museum http://afroamcivilwar.org

www.valleyblackheritage.org; Local (540 210-6499), Toll Free 1(833)317-4575, Fax (540) 540 202-4656 ; robinlyttle@valleyblackheritage.org; Mailing address: SVBHP, 425 Hill St., Harrisonburg, VA 22802
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