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Delegate Don L. Scott Jr., center, celebrates wins by the Democrats. The Virginia House of Delegates Minority Leader is poised to be the first Black …
Published on November 9, 2023
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Speakers herald progress ahead at VUU's 42nd Annual Community Leaders Breakfast
Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn, the first woman and first Jewish speaker in the 401-year history of the Virginia House of Delegates, offered a message about the value of inclusion, diversity and progress at Virginia Union University’s 42nd Annual Community Leaders Breakfast honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Warner, Kaine announce $9.7M to expand broadband at Va. HBCUs
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner and Sen. Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $9,685,734 in federal funding to support the expansion of broadband at three Virginia Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
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VCU’s Institute of Contemporary Art to bring artwork to local barbershops, salons
Salons and barbershops have been central communication hubs in African-American communities for as long as they have existed.
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(Former) House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, left, conducts the ceremonial swearing-in of Rep. Jennifer L. McClellan on Capitol Hill, as her husband and children look on.
Published on March 14, 2024
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Protesters of Kentucky Senate bill SB150, known as the Transgender Health Bill, cheer on speakers March 29 during a rally on the lawn of the …
Published on April 27, 2023
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VCU to host conference dedicated to community partnerships
Preventing youth violence, reducing health disparities and improving academic achievement and maternal health are challenges increasingly faced by communities throughout the country. Organizers of an upcoming community engagement confer- ence hope to explore ways to form new partnerships to address such concerns. During the daylong Nov. 3 “Connect: Community Engagement Conference,” Virginia Commonwealth University faculty will discuss “experiential learning opportunities with VCU students and community-based research to address community identified needs,” according to a news release. The conference is sponsored by the VCU College of Humani- ties and Sciences and the VCU Office of Institutional Equity, Effectiveness and Success. Community members, community organizations and faculty, staff, students and alumni at VCU are invited to come together for a day of learning, networking
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Bagby handily wins 74th House District seat
Lamont Bagby just jumped from the Henrico School Board into the General Assembly. The 38-year-old Democrat was sworn in this week to the House of Delegates after winning a smashing victory over challenger David M. Lambert, an independent candidate, in Tuesday’s special election for the 74th House District seat.
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Former President Obama was among the many speakers at the funeral on Oct. 25 for Rep. Elijah E. Cummings at New Psalmist Baptist Church in …
Published on October 31, 2019
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Casting a spell // From left, spider sorceress Kayla Samuels and 1970s flower child Dior Flax, both 7, and skeleton Aniyah Thompson, 8, work magic …
Published on November 4, 2016
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Mansa Makamu, 7, pretends to zoom in a model 1960 Cadillac in his mother’s natural hair salon on 2nd Street in Jackson Ward. His mother, …
Published on April 9, 2020
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Betty Shinn, 72, poses for a photograph June 2 at a coffee shop in in Mobile, Ala. A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago …
Published on June 8, 2023
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The exhibit featured artifacts such as yearbooks, football program books, a vintage intercom speaker, photographs of well-regarded administrators and other memorabilia from those halcyon days …
Published on December 8, 2022
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Farmers' Market OnTheSquareVA, a farmers’ market that opened recently at 1314 East Grace St. behind the Governor’s Mansion. The market is open every Friday from …
Published on July 9, 2018
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Hair stylists Renada Harris, 39, left, and Kim Washington, 52, make preparations to reopen Silk Hair Studio, which they have co-owned for 12 years. The …
Published on May 21, 2020
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From home, Virginians can keep an eye on legislators
It may not offer the drama of “House of Cards,” but an initiative at the Virginia Capitol is lifting the curtain on the workings of the General Assembly.
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Virginia Commonwealth University fall commencement speaker Christy Coleman offers graduates words of advice during a ceremony last Saturday at the Siegel Center. Graduates celebrate their …
Published on December 14, 2018
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State vital records now online
Millions of individual records of births, deaths, marriages and divorces in Virginia in the past 100 years are now available online, Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced this week.
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Virginia Commonwealth University fall commencement speaker Christy Coleman offers graduates words of advice during a ceremony last Saturday at the Siegel Center. Left, graduates celebrate …
Published on December 14, 2018
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‘Your truth, your passion’
Rabia Kamara, a Virginia Commonwealth University alumna, was the university’s commencement speaker Saturday, Dec. 10, at VCU’s Stuart C. Siegel Center.
