Led by Brian Palmer and Erin Hollaway Palmer

In the last six years, the Palmers have worked with many others to reclaim and restore East End Cemetery, the final resting place of thousands of Black Richmonders. Their work includes on-site restoration, documentation, community engagement, the collection of oral histories, archival images, primary documents and the construction of an interactive website. The Palmers' research also dovetails with a longtime focus on preserving Black history in VCU Libraries' Special Collections and Archives, which includes, among many other documents, the Virginia Black History Archives Collection.

This session is a part of In Conversation: Nourishing Community Transformation, a series of VCU Libraries Community Zooms events sponsored by and organized with the input of the Friends of VCU Libraries, featuring speakers from the Richmond community discussing social justice, innovation, health and the evolution of the greater Richmond area.

Attendees may join via Zoom. To receive a link to join the sessions, please complete this online form. For questions or accommodations, please contact the VCU Libraries Development Office at libdevelop@vcu.edu.

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