W&M Libraries Blog

2019

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  The Ghost of Edmund Mitchell

  Posted on May 23, 2019
  From the Special Collections Blog
  A daguerreotype of a young Baltimore merchant, the first victim of a bitter, homicidal political era, resides in the Special Collections Research Center in Swem Library—a ghostly message from the past.
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  Rev. Curtis W. Harris, Hopewell’s Drum Major for Justice

  Posted on May 14, 2019
  From the Special Collections Blog
  The Reverend Curtis W. Harris is best known for his role in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Civil Rights organization founded by Martin Luther King, Jr., though he has not been studied closely by historians.