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Gaye Todd Adegbalola
Award-winning educator and blues musician Gaye Adegbalola celebrates diversity and strives to empower others through her music.
Fredericksburg
Henry "Box" Brown
After his family was suddenly sold out of the state in 1848, he shipped himself in a wooden crate to freedom in 1849.
Richmond
Isabel Wood Rogers
As an educator and author, Isabel Wood Rogers advocated that Christians take an active and responsible interest in the secular world.
Richmond
James "Plunky" Branch
For decades, multi-talented saxophonist and bandleader James “Plunky” Branch has promoted the cultural importance of music at home and abroad.
Richmond
Janis Martin
Known as the "Female Elvis," Janis Martin was a pioneer rockabilly star.
Danville
Jean Miller Skipwith
Jean Miller Skipwith, Lady Skipwith, assembled one of the largest libraries owned by a Virginia woman early in the nineteenth century.
Mecklenburg County
JoAnn Dellas Falletta
A dynamic and compelling conductor, JoAnn Falletta is an advocate for contemporary music.
Norfolk
John Cephas
John Cephas has become a world ambassador representing the Virginia Piedmont Blues tradition.
Caroline County
Judith Shatin
Judith Shatin champions music that blurs the line between acoustic and digital.
Charlottesville
Julia Garcia
A native of Bolivia, Julia Garciais a leader in the preservation of her native Quechua language and Bolivian folk traditions, especially dance.
Arlington