Image of the Week
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As part of the Black History Month Blog, VCU Libraries would like to spotlight rare images of African American life in Virginia. This image of an Emancipation Day Parade, Richmond, Virginia was taken nearly 100 years ago. The parade took place April 3, 1905. The image was taken by the Detroit Publishing Company one of the most successful postcard publishers in the United States. Follow this link for more information about the 1905 Emancipation Day Parade in Richmond.
--Ray Bonis, Special Collections and Archives.