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Richmond Delegate Delores L. McQuinn led the effort. Mayor Levar M. Stoney, Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham and City Councilwoman Cynthia I. Newbille were among an estimated 200 volunteers who participated. The volunteers also included a few goats. State funding is expected to be available after July 1 to support the volunteer effort to tend the cemeteries.

Richmond Delegate Delores L. McQuinn led the effort. Mayor Levar M. Stoney, Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham and City Councilwoman Cynthia I. Newbille were among …

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Hundreds of volunteers — and a few goats — responded last Saturday to a call to help spruce up historic, but long neglected, East End and Evergreen cemeteries where an estimated 17,000 African-Americans have been buried since the 1890s. Right, Tonya Jefferson snips uncontrolled vines that have taken over many of the gravesites where the likes of businesswoman and civic activist Maggie L. Walker and crusading newspaper editor and banker John Mitchell Jr. are interred.

Hundreds of volunteers — and a few goats — responded last Saturday to a call to help spruce up historic, but long neglected, East End …

Published on March 17, 2017
New home for City Park Church // Pastor Joe Ellison and his wife, Kendra Ellison, stand in front of Tenth Street Baptist Church, which is renting space to the Ellisons to operate their independent City Park Church. Location: 2300 Fairmount Ave. in Church Hill. The Ellisons, who previously operated a church and day care in Essex Village in Henrico County, plan for their new church to focus on programs and services for residents of the nearby Fairfield Court public housing community. Pastor Ellison also serves as a chaplain for NASCAR and for sports teams in the Richmond area.

New home for City Park Church // Pastor Joe Ellison and his wife, Kendra Ellison, stand in front of Tenth Street Baptist Church, which is …

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Artistic image of Bojangles statue in Jackson Ward

Artistic image of Bojangles statue in Jackson Ward

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CITYSCAPE // The highlight of the three-hour program: The announcement of the find of another box of documents. This latest box, like the other 15,000 documents now preserved and digitized, was found in the attic of the Stallings family’s vacant St. Luke Building in Gilpin Court. The four-story building was once the headquarters of the Independent Order of St. Luke that Mrs. Walker ran for much of her life.

CITYSCAPE // The highlight of the three-hour program: The announcement of the find of another box of documents. This latest box, like the other 15,000 …

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CITYSCAPE //A portrait of Richmond icon Maggie L. Walker, left, and a marquee message welcome people attending a celebration last Friday at the Hippodrome Theater in Jackson Ward. The “Dear Co Workers” event celebrated the team of volunteers who helped Heather Huyck, an adjunct history professor at the College of William & Mary, in a seven-year effort to preserve documents, letters and papers of Mrs. Walker and the mutual aid society she led and through which she founded a bank, a newspaper and a department store. The papers are now protected in 20 boxes that owners Margaret T. and Wanda D. Stallings hope to donate to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

CITYSCAPE //A portrait of Richmond icon Maggie L. Walker, left, and a marquee message welcome people attending a celebration last Friday at the Hippodrome Theater …

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First dance Keon Pleasant, 6, shares a first dance with his mother, Quaneisha Tyler, at the Mother/Son, Father/Daughter Dance last Friday for J.L. Francis Elementary School students and their parents. The dance was held at Second Baptist Church on Broad Rock Boulevard, with youngsters presenting roses to their parents. Princes and princesses of the dance were crowned. Keon’s grandfather, Anthony Bailey, documents the special occasion in the background.

First dance Keon Pleasant, 6, shares a first dance with his mother, Quaneisha Tyler, at the Mother/Son, Father/Daughter Dance last Friday for J.L. Francis Elementary …

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Mr. Peele on the set of “Get Out.”

Mr. Peele on the set of “Get Out.”

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Virginia Union University’s Lady Walker poses with the victory trophy and net Monday night after the Lady Panthers defeated California University of Pennsylvania to win the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region title. Lady Walker scored 32 points in the regional championship game and was named to the All-Atlantic Region team.

Virginia Union University’s Lady Walker poses with the victory trophy and net Monday night after the Lady Panthers defeated California University of Pennsylvania to win …

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The Hampton University Lady Pirates celebrate their sixth MEAC title under Coach David Six that was clinched in last Saturday’s 52-49 victory over Bethune-Cookman University at the Norfolk Scope. At the center of the celebration is Hampton University President William R. Harvey.

The Hampton University Lady Pirates celebrate their sixth MEAC title under Coach David Six that was clinched in last Saturday’s 52-49 victory over Bethune-Cookman University …

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Kyle Benton of North Carolina Central University hangs from the rim after a slam dunk on Norfolk State University’s Zaynah Robinson in last Saturday’s championship game in the MEAC Tournament at the Norfolk Scope.

Kyle Benton of North Carolina Central University hangs from the rim after a slam dunk on Norfolk State University’s Zaynah Robinson in last Saturday’s championship …

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Megan Walker, center, of Chesterfield County’s Monacan High School gets through the defensive pack of King’s Fork High School of Suffolk to go in for the basket during Monacan’s 60-59 state 4A championship win last Friday at the Siegel Center in Richmond. Walker, the nation’s top-ranked high school player, is headed to the University of Connecticut, where she will play for the championship Huskies.

Megan Walker, center, of Chesterfield County’s Monacan High School gets through the defensive pack of King’s Fork High School of Suffolk to go in for …

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Travis Ingrim

Travis Ingrim

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Joni Sledge

Joni Sledge

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Cora J. Dickerson says that GRTC’s CARE van service is an affordable option for her to get from her home in Richmond’s Randolph neighborhood to her medical appointments and volunteer meetings, but the unreliable service is frustrating.

Cora J. Dickerson says that GRTC’s CARE van service is an affordable option for her to get from her home in Richmond’s Randolph neighborhood to …

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Mr. Sessions

Mr. Sessions

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President Trump

President Trump

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