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Her family members grieve at a vigil in early June at the South Side park. They are from left, her father, Mark Whitfield Sr., who …
Published on January 2, 2020
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Ten-year-old twin sisters Alicia, left, and Alivia Odhimbo, focused on their creative chalk art skills during Art 180’s “The Big Show,” a block-style celebration hosted …
Published on June 9, 2022
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Deserea Goodwyn, 15, left, shows her 4-year-old niece, Eva Crawley, the art of climbing on playground equipment recently at Abner Clay Park in Jackson Ward. …
Published on March 10, 2022
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Another Barbara Johns?
Open High students plan citywide walkout to protest lack of funding
Imagine all 5,600 high school students in Richmond walking out to protest the physical conditions of their buildings. Then imagine them overflowing the Richmond City Council chambers a few hours later to bring their concerns to the nine-member governing body.
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Panthers pounce all over Trojans
The rafters of Virginia Union University’s historic Barco-Stevens Hall are adorned with retired jerseys.
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Pressure mounts on city voter registrar to resign or be fired
J. Kirk Showalter continues to lead the voter registration operation in Richmond, just as she has for 25 years.
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Personality: Luis Hidalgo
Spotlight on founder of Richmond’s Latin Jazz and Salsa Festival
Luis “Sweet Lou” Hidalgo dismisses what he says are pop-driven sounds of Latin music often heard on radio and television.
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50 years and counting
Metropolitan Business League continues growing services, membership a half century after founding
Four days after Christmas, Floyd E. Miller II was in the Metropolitan Business League’s offices at 707 W. Main St. preparing for “a new year and new opportunities for new sources of funding” for the league through grants, foundations and fundraising events.
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Ashley S. Bland is surprised last Friday with a plaque and roses presented by Richmond Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras, right, and Richmond Mayor Levar M. …
Published on May 13, 2021
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There’s no question, by Dr. E. Faye Williams
Jane Elliott said, “If we didn’t have all those years when Black lives didn’t matter, we wouldn’t have to have a Black Lives Matter movement now.”
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Standout Justin Tillman chose VCU twice
Among the most talented basketball players recruited to Virginia Commonwealth University by former Coach Shaka Smart was Justin Tillman.
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‘When someone shows you who they are, believe them’, by Dr. E. Faye Williams
In this campaign season, I am reminded of the fable of the scorpion and the frog.
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What’s in a name?
Richmond has gone to considerable expense to get rid of its public display of affection for its Confederate and slavery past.
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“Wanton murder”
Breonna Taylor’s family attorney decries the decision of a Kentucky grand jury to absolve 2 white police offers in her shooting death, while charging a third with endangering Ms. Taylor’s neighbors
Two white policemen who fired shots inside the apartment of Breonna Taylor, a Black emergency medical technician, will not be prosecuted for her death because their use of force was justified, while a third police officer was charged with endangering her neighbors, Kentucky’s attorney general announced on Wednesday.
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Personality: Bryan Price
Spotlight on the board chairman of Equality Virginia
Part of Bryan Price’s email signature includes his favorite quote. It is from Muhammad Ali, and it speaks to the things we see as impossible to overcome — and to the power of each of us to affect change in the world.
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City’s annual financial report shows $35 million surplus
City Hall has completed its annual financial report, although it comes three months behind schedule and the first to come in late since 2016.
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Joan Johns Cobbs, right, listens as Gov. Terry McAuliffe delivers remarks during a dedication ceremony for the Barbara Johns Building, named for her sister, pictured …
Published on March 3, 2017
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Princess Blanding, the sister of shooting victim Marcus-David Peters, confronts Mayor Levar M. Stoney at a July 26 community meeting about the death of her …
Published on August 9, 2018
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Chicago team in league of their own
Jackie Robinson West baseball stands out for two glaring reasons: Because it is so good and because it is all black.
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Shame, shade in Birmingham
If anyone deserves a civil rights award, Angela Davis certainly does. The activist and scholar has been on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement all of her life. She has been especially active in prison reform matters and other civil and human rights issues.
