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MAY 23 Speaker Brent Tarter

  • Historic St. John's Church 2401 East Broad Street Richmond, VA, 23223 United States (map)

Brent Tarter

Thursday May 23, 2024 at 7:00 PM

The Walter W. Craigie Speaker Series Presents

Brent Tarter

Retired Research Historian and Senior Editor at LVA

Presenting a talk entitled:

“Conservative Revolutionaries?”

 

$25

Includes a pre-talk reception with a chance to meet the speaker.

Reception begins at 5:30 PM. Beer, wine, and light hors d’oeuvres.

Doors open at 6:30 PM for seating | Talk starts promptly at 7:00 PM

 

 

Brent Tarter is a retired research historian and senior editor at the Library of Virginia. He was one of the founders of the Library's Dictionary of Virginia Biography project, a co-founder of the Virginia Forum, the annual Virginia history conference, and one of the consultants for Liberty or Death, the educational video St. John's Church and what was then WCVE produced in 2007.

He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of 18 volumes on various topics in Virginia history as well as numerous articles in scholarly and popular historical journals. His most recent books include The Grandees of Government: The Origins and Persistence of Undemocratic Politics in Virginia (2013); Gerrymanders: How Redistricting Has Protected Slavery, White Supremacy, and Partisan Minorities in Virginia (2019); Virginians and Their Histories (2020); Constitutional History of Virginia (2023); with Marianne E. Julienne and Barbara C. Batson, The Campaign for Woman Suffrage in Virginia (2020); and coming in the spring of 2024, with John G. Deal and Marianne E. Julienne, Justice for Ourselves: Black Virginians Claim Their Freedom after Slavery.

 

House Rules for Historic St. John’s Church

  • We encourage masks but they are no longer required.

  • Seating is first come, first served. Tickets are required.

  • There is no food, drink, gum, candy, strollers, backpacks or firearms permitted inside the church.

  • Bags larger than 16 x 16 x 8 are prohibited inside the church. Any and all bags are subject to inspection. Please leave backpacks and bags inside your vehicle as we have no place to store them.

 
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