by Shennette Garrett-Scott

Between 1888 and 1930, African Americans opened more than a hundred banks and thousands of other financial institutions. This book explores the rich period of black financial innovation and its transformative impact on U.S. capitalism through the story of the St. Luke Bank in Richmond, Virginia: the first and only bank run by black women.

 

by Selden Richardson

Author Selden Richardson explains how iconic symbols of old Richmond and the generations of black laborers who helped assemble it are embodied in both the preserved and the forgotten architecture of the city.

 

by Julian Maxwell Hayter
 

Hayter delves into three decades of the local political history of Richmond, Virginia, including the years before and after the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

 

by Elizabeth L. O'Leary

Step off the lush carpet and push through the swinging door of the butler's pantry to enter the bustling realm of domestic workers at Maymont House from 1893 to 1925.

 

by Steven J. Hoffman

A highly compact city of mixed residential, industrial and commercial space at the end of the Civil War, Richmond remained a classic example of what historians call a "walking city" through the end of the century.

 

by Ann Field Alexander

In his career as an editor, politician, and businessman, Mitchell followed the trajectory of optimism, bitter disappointment, and retrenchment that characterized African American life in the Reconstruction and Jim Crow South.

 

by Midori Takagi

One of the most important industrial centers in the South, Richmond relied on slave labor for processing tobacco, milling wheat, mining coal in nearby fields, and manufacturing iron.

 

by Kimberly A. Matthews

Provides a pictorial history of one of the nation's most influential voter education and voter registration organizations through vintage and contemporary images.

 

by Jack Trammell

Richmond's 15th Street was known as Wall Street in antebellum times, and like its New York counterpart, it was a center of commerce. But the business done here was unspeakable and the scene heart wrenching. This Wall Street saw tens of millions of dollars and countless human lives change hands, fueling the southern economy.

 

by Roice D Luke

During Reconstruction, Virginia led the nation in establishing black militia units, and Richmond was the only city to build an armory for that use. These volunteer soldiers drilled and trained there, and many joined other volunteers to serve in the Spanish-American War.

 

by Benjamin P. Campbell

Examines the contradictions and crises that have formed the city over more than four centuries... (and)  argues that the community of metropolitan Richmond is engaged in a decisive spiritual battle.

 

by Gertrude Woodruff Marlowe

Walker's strong leadership and organizational abilities, an engaging speaking style, and commitment to community values allowed her to direct the remarkable growth of the fraternal society the Independent Order of St. Luke and to advocate business prospects for African Americans.

 

by Maurie Dee McInnis

In 1853, Eyre Crowe, a young British artist, visited a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia. Harrowed by what he witnessed, he captured the scene in sketches that he would later develop into a series of illustrations and paintings.

 

by Michael L. Nicholls

An ambitious but abortive plan to revolt that ended in the conviction and hanging of over two dozen men, Gabriel's Conspiracy of 1800 sought nothing less than to capture the capital city of Richmond and end slavery in Virginia.

 

by Scott C. Davis

Beginning in 1971, Davis, performing alternate service (from the Vietnam War) lived in the Fulton neighborhood of Richmond, VA.  He lived with 83-year-old Patience Gromes, and this book is a compilation of individual stories based on oral interviews.