This correspondence from Hubert Humphrey, member of the United States Senate Committee of Foreign Relation, discusses the importance of American students to attend the World Youth Festival in Vienna in a hope to help dissipate the communist…
Pennants were common decorations in student dorm rooms. They were often made of wool felt and demonstrated support for a particular school or sport. Many resident students hung them on the walls, both for their own and other schools like Virginia…
Reproduced image of a local 19th century business. This grocery, located downtown, has many young African American boys pictured in front of the shop. Some carry baskets and others are driving a buggy. An African American man, presumably a shop keep,…
This church was the first and the oldest African American church in Harrisonburg. Formerly located at the corner of Wolfe and Mason Streets, the church, along with many other buildings, was torn down during the urban redevelopment projects of the…
The M & S Restaurant, once located at 172 North Main Street in Harrisonburg, was one of the many black-owned businesses in the city’s downtown. This building along, with many others in the 1960s, was destroyed during the R4 and R16 Projects. The…