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7 your RIGHTS 24 to know; aj.i.mjiiriMiMMi.Hf.i.isJifeMiBtj Only lis) more days MONDAY April 23, 2012 TlmesDlspitch.com to enter the Start-Up Competition www.ie-rva-org Richmond Times-Dispatch Editor John Hoke (804) 649-6344 jhc4cetirnescispatch.com Interactive map charts slavery's end Visualizing Emancipation Q4 University of Richmond project plots thousands of emancipation events during the Civil War. TlmesDlspatch.com, search: Civil War and led not to the Promised Land but to a new set of challenges. That's part of what comes across in 'Visualizing Emancipation, an interactive online map created by the University of Richmond's Digital Scholarship Lab. The map plots more than 3,000 emancipation-related events from 1861-1865 in 10 categories that range from government actions to abuse of African-Americans. An additional 50,000 entries show Union troop locations during the Civil War, making it easy to see the impact of opportunity on an animated timeline of the war years.

"It tells us that the end of slavery was this really complicated process that happened all over the South, but more in some places than others during the war," said Scott Nesbit, associate director of the lab. "The chance for freedom came about on SLAVERY, PHI B4 UR online project shows the winding, harrowing path of emancipation from 1861-1865 BY KATHERWE CAL0S Richmond Tlmes-Dlspatch The path to freedom for African-Americans in the South was not as simple as a march to Union lines or a wait for emancipation. It took many twists, had a few U-turns Bill Lohmaim wtohmannfltlnTsdlspatctvcom Film's a tribute to activist and persistence The life of peace activist Marii Hasegawa, told in a new documentary, is one of dogged perseverance despite countless roadblocks and setbacks. You could similarly describe the effort required of those behind the documentary, which has been a remarkable 20 years in the making. These friends and admirers of Conservation for Earth Day Poe digital project uncovers a mystery What may be an early version of the poem To Helen' is found BY JEREMY SLAYTON Richmond Tlmes-Dlspatch An effort to digitize the collection at the Poe Museum in Richmond led to the discovery of what could be a never-before-seen version of Edgar Allan Poe's 3 Hasegawa have carried on through life changes and basement floods and seismic shifts in poem "To Helen." Chris Semtner, curator of the Poe Museum on East Main Street, said the writing "a unique version" of the first stanza of i JOE MAH0NEYT1MES-MSH0CH Hanover Academy students, from left, Dustin Burkhardt, 8, and his brother Aidan, 10, looked on as Lora Clark, 9, of Crozet prepared a recycled school milk carton for planting a sunflower as her sister Virginia Clark, 10, watched at the academy's booth at Down to Earth 2012, an Earth Day celebration held Sunday at the Bass Pro Shops.

"To Helen" was found in an album (a sort of scrapbook or autograph album) belonging to Poe's cousin, Amelia Poe, who lived in Baltimore. The album has been part of the museum's collection since 1930, but the entry wasn't found until last month during a cataloging and digitization project At the end of the newly found writing are the initials EAP. Though evidence points to it being a Poe manuscript, it needs to be authenticated by experts. The album will be on display starting this week as part of the museum's exhibit "From Poe's Quill: The Letters and Manuscripts of Edgar Allan Poe," which opens Thursday in conjunction with the museum's 90th anniversary. "This exhibit is a perfect opportunity to show it alongside other fully authenticated Poe manuscripts," Semtner said.

POE.PtfiB Haiagawa They started out with videotape and wound up neck-deep in social media. "We just didn't have any idea where this was going when we started," said Janet Scagnelli, producer and director. "We're just so happy it's done." "Marii Hasegawa: Gentle Woman of a Dangerous Kind" premiered at the recent James River Film Festival to an appreciative, standing-room-only crowd. Future screenings and distribution to schools and groups are in the works. The inspiration for the title came from FBI Director J.

Edgar Hoover's reported description of pioneer sociologist Jane Addams as "the most dangerous woman in America." For a group of amateur documentarians, the finished product doesn't look amateurish in the least and is leaner and far more polished than the "work-in-progress" version that was shown at the 1996 James River Festival in order to elicit suggestions from filmgoers. Born in Hiroshima, Japan, Marii Hasegawa came to the United States as a baby. During World War after attending college, she was among more than 100,000 Japanese-Americans sent to internment camps by the U.S. government. However, the indignity of the experience did not defeat her, as evidenced, per-FILM, PU B8 Hnd out more Find out more about "Marll Hasegawa: Gentle Woman of a Dangerous Kind," and watch a trailer at www.smallsteps-fllmsrom To make a donation to help cover the costs of post-production expenses and the making of DVDs for distribution to schools, libraries and peace organizations around the world, visit www.klckstarter.com Earth Day education.

Children learn about conservation and eco-frlendly practices In Hanover. TlmesDIspatcrLcom, search: gallery. Wolf right about impact of debt, entitlements Wotf statement on US. budget Spaakar: US. Rep.

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