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    • W-L Three-Sport Letterman Richard “Biff” Johnson’s Scrapbook
    • Bernie Kirchner Collection: Pride of Yorktown Sports
    • Eric Dobson Collection: A Tragedy on North Taylor Street
    • Johnathan Thomas Collection: Arlingtonians’ Sports Trading Cards
    • Bud Dougherty Collection: Disaster on the USS Forrestal
    • Wayne Hager Collection: Remembering a “Gang War” in Arlington
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The Fastest Growing County in America: Suburbanization, Segregation, and Community Development in Arlington

AnnetteNovember 20, 2020
This presentation explores segregation and racialized zoning and planning laws in Arlington to see how these policies impacted the county’s suburban growth fro... Read More...
1852-19001901-19391940-19591960-19891990-201619th Century20th CenturyAfrican American ExperienceCommunity DevelopmentEast ArlingtonFreedmen's VillageGreen Valley/NauckHigh View ParkHigh View Park/Hall's HillHousing PLanningNauckNeighborhoodsPenroseQueen CityVideo0 Comments0 views

African-American Storytelling (2011)

AnnetteAugust 14, 2020
This African-American multigenerational storytelling event was sponsored by the Friends of the Arlington (VA) Public Library and was part of the Tell Arlington... Read More...
1940-19591960-198920th CenturyAfrican American ExperienceHigh View ParkNauckOral HistoryPenrosePeopleQueen CityVideo0 Comments0 views

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