2024: A look back in photos
1/2/2025, 8 a.m.
One-year-old dancer Anya Tangtrakul poses for a picture with other performers at the 26th Annual Asian American Festival at the Richmond Convention Center on May 4.
Photo by Sandra Sellars
The 7th Annual Black Pride RVA, a four-day celebration of Richmond’s LGBTQIA+ community of color, returned in July.By Sandra Sellars
More than 90 candidates from 48 countries are sworn in as U.S. citizens by Judge Roger L. Gregory during a July 4 ceremony at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture.By Sandra Sellars
Mistress Isabelle Brooks, from VH-1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” lets it all hang out on the main stage at VA Pridefest, held Sept. 14 at Midtown Green.By Sandra Sellars
Grammy-nominated rapper Mad Skillz gives his final performance in June at Dogwood Dell.Photo by Julianne Tripp Hillian/Richmond Free Press
The Emancipation Proclamation Day Choir performs at the 84th Annual City Wide Emancipation Proclamation DaynWorship Celebration at Sharon Baptist Church in Henrico.By Sandra Sellars
Col. Edward F. Carpenter Jr. becomes Chesterfield’s ninth police chief in November.By Julianne Tripp Hillian/Richmond Free Press
Mayor Danny Avula during his watch party on Election Night at the Broadberry.By Sandra Sellars
Delegate Michael J. Jones, former Richmond City Council member for the 9th District, greets students at G.H. Reid Elementary School with a high-five as they arrive for their first day of school on Aug. 19.By Regina H. Boone
Paralympic gold medalist Trevon “Trey” Jenifer serves as a guest coach at Sportable’s Wheelchair Basketball Camp at Randolph Macon College’s Brock Sports & Recreation Center in August.Photo by Brian Palmer
Caroline Ouko, Irvo Otieno’s mother, at a May press conference.By Regina H. Boone
Sereen Haddad, a Virginia Commonwealth University junior, leads a student-organized walkout of at least 100 demonstrators on Oct. 7, 2024, marking the one-year anniversary of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. The walkout, from Monroe Park Campus to the Virginia General Assembly Building, called for action from Virginia lawmakers and VCU leaders.By Regina H. Boone
More than 100 Virginia Commonwealth University graduates walk out as Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his commencement address at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.By Sandra Sellars
“Umama, and so she sows,” an ART 180 community monument is unveiled in September in Jackson Ward.By Regina H. Boone
A block party celebration and a proclamation commemorate Mama J’s restaurant’s 15 years in Jackson Ward in October.By Sandra Sellars
Richard Waller Jr., 86, of Waller & Co. Jewelers stands in front of a mural that tells the story of his 124-year-old jewelry business, located near the corner of Broad and 1st at 19 E. Broad St.By Regina H. Boone
Quarterback J’Bore’ Gibbs lead the Virginia Union University Panthers to new heights this season.
Resist Booksellers in Petersburg hosts Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of “The 1619 Project,” during her June book tour.By Regina H. Boone
