Girl’s beating spurs professor’s new book; The Free Lance-Star
Steve Watkins paged through his own story a few years ago for his largely autobiographical first novel.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/032011/03282011/615829/index_html?page=1
America’s pioneer aviatrix and the subject of one of our great national mysteries–Amelia Earhart–is the first topic of discussion this week at the University of Mary Washington‘s “Great Lives” series.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/032011/03272011/614365
Americans suffered mob violence, firebombing, and unlawful incarceration just for exercising their civil rights to ride public transportation free from segregation in the 1961 Freedom Rides.
Steve Griffin, professor emeritus of art at the University of Mary Washington, has been awarded a prestigious Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) professional fellowship.
http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/chalkboard/2011/03/24/umw-emeritus-professor-awarded-fellowship/
http://www.topix.com/city/colonial-beach-va/2011/03/umw-emeritus-professor-awarded-fellowship
Workman’s cottage rescue is labor of love; The Free Lance-Star
Fannie Roots would probably be surprised at what’s going on at her home.
After Roots’ death, because of her home’s condition, demolition was considered until Jensen persuaded University of Mary Washington administrators to let the building stay as an example of the region’s post-Civil War African-American heritage.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/032011/03222011/612839/index_html?page=1