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Published on September 22, 2022
L. Douglas Wilder, left, and Susan Gooden, dean of the Wilder School at Virginia Commonwealth University, share the stage Monday for the 2022 Wilder Symposium discussion and Q&A at the Singleton Center for the Performing Arts on VCU’s campus.

L. Douglas Wilder, left, and Susan Gooden, dean of the Wilder School at Virginia Commonwealth University, share the stage Monday for the 2022 Wilder Symposium …

Published on September 22, 2022
Runners take off during the inaugural RUN RICHMOND 16.19 that started and ended at Kanawha Plaza in Downtown Richmond on Saturday, Sept. 17. The run was organized by actor and model Djimon Hounsou’s foundation in collaboration with The Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia and Sports Backers. The run shines a light on the achievements of the Black community over the past 400 plus years with the designated courses of 16.19 km and 6.19 miles. As the runners proceed on the course they pass various historical Black sites throughout the city.

Runners take off during the inaugural RUN RICHMOND 16.19 that started and ended at Kanawha Plaza in Downtown Richmond on Saturday, Sept. 17. The run …

Published on September 22, 2022

Published on September 22, 2022

Published on September 22, 2022
As runners in the inaugural RUN RICHMOND 16.19 approached Brown’s Island Sept. 17, the Emancipation and Freedom Monument awaited them. The monument features two 12-foot bronze figures – a male, and a female holding an infant – who represent those newly freed from slavery. Designed by artist and sculptor, Thomas Jay Warren, of Oregon, the brick plaza and landscaping was designed by architect Drew Harrigan of Four Winds Design and constructed by Fred Williams and his team at Williams Construction. Here is how Venture Richmond describes the monument: "On a rainy September 22, 2021, following nearly 10 years of planning and fundraising, Virginia’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission dedicated and unveiled Richmond’s newest monument — the Emancipation and Freedom Monument — on Brown’s Island, along Downtown Richmond’s riverfront. The new monument commemorates the efforts of both enslaved and free African- Americans whose ancestors endured tragedies and triumphs in their struggle to gain their freedom through emancipation.”

As runners in the inaugural RUN RICHMOND 16.19 approached Brown’s Island Sept. 17, the Emancipation and Freedom Monument awaited them. The monument features two 12-foot …

Published on September 22, 2022
Maury Willis

Maury Willis

Published on September 22, 2022
Shiloh Duncan, 7, of Richmond, center, found the perfect place Sunday to enjoy the RVA Street Art Festival with his sister, left, Jaisah Duncan, 15, and their mother, Melissa Duncan. The family, perched at The Power Plant Building along the Haxall Canal in Downtown Richmond, also got a closer look at the muralists working during the festival’s 10th anniversary. For Shiloh, the spot and art were perfect. “So cool ... We can see the people, the water and the artwork.”

Shiloh Duncan, 7, of Richmond, center, found the perfect place Sunday to enjoy the RVA Street Art Festival with his sister, left, Jaisah Duncan, 15, …

Published on September 22, 2022
Dr. Jackson

Dr. Jackson

Published on September 22, 2022

Published on September 22, 2022
Lonnie B

Lonnie B

Published on September 22, 2022

Published on September 22, 2022
Tylique Ray

Tylique Ray

Published on September 22, 2022

Published on September 22, 2022
Gary Flowers

Gary Flowers

Published on September 22, 2022

Published on September 22, 2022

Published on September 22, 2022
As a McDonald’s owner, Richmond native Tanya Hill-Harding will soon become president of the National Black McDonald’s Owners Association.

As a McDonald’s owner, Richmond native Tanya Hill-Harding will soon become president of the National Black McDonald’s Owners Association.

Published on September 22, 2022
Former Boston city councilor and current candidate for state attorney general Andrea Campbell speaks June 4 during the state’s Democratic Party convention in Worcester, Mass. Ms. Campbell, who hopes to succeed Maura Healey as attorney general, would be the first Black woman to hold that post.

Former Boston city councilor and current candidate for state attorney general Andrea Campbell speaks June 4 during the state’s Democratic Party convention in Worcester, Mass. …

Published on September 22, 2022
Firemen and ambulance attendants remove a covered body from the 16th Street Baptist Church, where an explosion ripped the structure during services, killing four black girls, on Sept. 15, 1963. Sarah Collins Rudolph lost an eye and has pieces of glass inside her body from a Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed her sister and three other young girls inside an Alabama church 59 years ago.

Firemen and ambulance attendants remove a covered body from the 16th Street Baptist Church, where an explosion ripped the structure during services, killing four black …

Published on September 22, 2022