GRANT RECEIVED FOR HISTORY OF RICHMOND'S JACKSON WARD NEIGHBORHOOD

Photos from Library of VA. Business Records Collection

The Library of Virginia received a Virginia Humanities Grant for a new Exhibition on the History of Richmond’s Jackson Ward Neighborhood

The Library is a partner on the exhibition with The JXN Project (JXN), a historic preservation nonprofit organization dedicated to capturing the pivotal role of the ward in the Black American experience as one of the country’s first historically registered Black urban neighborhoods. The exhibition will explore Jackson Ward through the story of the Skipwith-Roper family, starting with Abraham Peyton Skipwith, the area’s first known Black homeowner.

The exhibition will be on display at the Library for 10 months starting in 2025 and then become a long-term exhibition at JXN’s reconstruction site for the Skipwith-Roper Cottage in Jackson Ward. There will also be a traveling exhibition and related educational and public programming.