Journalist and author Michael Lee Pope detailed the rise and fall of the last great political machine in Virginia. The organization rose to power during th... Read More...
The Director of the Arlington Historical Museum is housed in the historic Hume School, the oldest school house in the county. Built in 1891, it operated as a ... Read More...
"Untold" is a monthly series, produced by author, activist, and Arlington native, Wilma Jones. Through stories, interviews, and archival material, Ms. Jones ta... Read More...
In 1918, fourteen men established the Halls Hill Volunteer Fire Department to protect this largely African American community. While all firefighters donned bu... Read More...
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...
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...
This is rare recovered 8 mm footage of leisure time in Arlington. The film was acquired and is narrated by Charlie Clark, local historian, journalist, and aut... Read More...
On February 2, 1959, four seventh grade students entered through the front doors of Stratford Junior High School. School was already in session as the students... Read More...
Charlie Clark spokes about a dark chapter of Arlington's History involving the Arlington Nazi Party at a meeting of the Arlington Committee of 100. Following ... Read More...
The biography of Dr. Charles R. Drew - African American inventor, surgeon, medical researcher, athlete, and professor as told by Ossie Davis. Charles Richard ... Read More...
