Charlottesville history

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Scattered history

The city of Charlottesville wasn’t incorporated until 1888, but people are recorded as living in the region as far...

Landmark maker

Stanhope Spencer Johnson doesn’t pop to the top of the list for most architectural historians, but the...

Past perspectives

Lorenzo Dickerson is always chasing down stories that he heard as a kid. “Stories I heard who knows when,” he says,...

Hemings as heroine

The word “opera” sometimes comes with some preconceived notions attached. It might bring to mind complex stories...

Not black and white

In its first listening session July 28, the City Council-appointed Commission on Race, Memorials and Public Spaces...