April 19, 2017
The students in Professor Lisa Goff's Hands-On Public History course organized an exhibit commemorating the lives of those buried in Charlottesville's Daughters of Zion Cemetery. The event, "Gone But Not Forgotten: Exploring Charlottesville's African-American History at Daughters of Zion Cemetery," was held on April 19 at the Special Collections Library's Harrison-Small Auditorium. The exhibit was curated by the students in Hands-On Public History, in conjunction with the Preservers of the Daughters of Zion Cemetery. Local network CBS 19 News covered the event; you can read the story and watch the video here: www.newsplex.com/content/news/Remembering-the-people-buried-in-Daughters-of-Zion-Cemetery-419973753.html.
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