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The Execution of Virginia Christian, with Author Charles Vaughan

Charles Vaughan, author of Grant Me to Live: The Execution of Virginia Christian, 'A Legal Homicide' will talk about a singular case in Virginia, the first African American juvenile female execution. Students of the George Floyd murder and similar cases will marvel at how little has changed in attitudes in comparison with the Virginia legal and political landscape of today.

Date:
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Time:
6:00pm - 7:45pm
Location:
Hull Street Meeting Room
Categories:
Author Visit   Black History Month   Civic Life   Law   Lectures & Talks  
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Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Meldon Jenkins-Jones is the Richmond Public Library / Community Services Manager at Hull Street Branch Library. 

Meldon also chairs the Get Lit Advisory Committee which supports the Richmond Public Library Get Lit Reading Initiatives including the Black Male Emergent Readers (BMER) program and the Lit Chicks Read book clubs.

Meldon is a graduate of the Leadership Metro Richmond Class of 2022. She was the first recipient of the Virginia Library Association (VLA) Librarians of Color Forum Award in 2021 and is an active member of VLA. She presented “Libraries Bringing Community Together” at the 2023 VLA Annual Conference.

In 2011, Meldon received her Master of Library and Information Studies from Florida State University. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law—Newark and practiced law in New Jersey until her retirement in 2003. Meldon received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she studied African American Studies and Russian Civilization.

A Metro Richmond resident, Meldon is the mother of two adult children and enjoys spending time with her grandchildren.

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