A group gathered at Moore Street Baptist Church in Newtown to unveil the Gordon B. Hancock Commonwealth of Virginia Historical Highway Marker on the grounds of the church. Rev. Hancock was the co-founder of the Richmond Chapter of the Urban League and pastor of Moore Street Missionary Baptist Church in 1925.
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