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VUU coaches named CIAA Coaches of the Year
Virginia Union University may need to expand its trophy case following the CIAA Basketball Tip-Off Awards Luncheon on Monday in Charlotte, N.C.
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Huguenot wins RPS Alumni Basketball Showdown
There’s still plenty of twinkle left in Huguenot High School’s former basketball stars. The Falcons rule the roost today as champion of the inaugural Richmond Public Schools Alumni Basketball Showdown.
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New TV show ‘Johnson’ offers glimpse into Black male perspective
Deji LaRay remembered when television shows like “Sex in the City” and “Insecure” captured the essence of friendships among women, but then realized hardly any male-driven stories were being told in the same manner.
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Where are the African-American catchers in MLB?
African-American baseball catchers are a vanishing breed.
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Bloodied University of Virginia student Martese Johnson is held down by an ABC agent after being slammed to the ground March 17 outside a Charlottesville …
Published on June 19, 2015
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Bloodied University of Virginia student Martese Johnson is held down by an ABC agent after being slammed to the ground last week outside a Charlottesville …
Published on March 26, 2015
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CIAA Tournament Most Valuable Player Kiana Johnson of Virginia Union University dribbles past a Shaw University player in the title game Saturday.
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ESPN sportscaster Charlie Neal, right, a member of the CIAA Hall of Fame, interviews 2017 CIAA Hall of Fame inductee Derrick Johnson, a former Virginia …
Published on March 4, 2017
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After participating in workshops and activities for several months, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s debutantes are presented at a formal ball with the theme, “A …
Published on February 21, 2020
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Family members say final goodbyes to Katherine Johnson at the start of her funeral last Saturday at the Hampton University Convocation Center.
Published on March 13, 2020
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Armstrong High School graduates Dr. Loretta H. Dennis: ’75, Pamela Johnson: ’77, Shelia Anderson: ’74, and Karen Milon: ’76 (left to right) recall old times.
Published on September 1, 2022
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Chyna-Marie Johnson, a rising eighth-grader at John Rolfe Middle School, sometimes comes up with her anti-bullying raps while playing on the trampoline.
Published on August 19, 2021
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This photo taken by bystander Bryan Beaubrun shows the bloodied Martese Johnson as an officer holds down the University of Virginia honors student during his …
Published on October 23, 2015
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In addition to owning a chain of movie theaters, restaurants, several Starbucks locations and a stake in the Los Angeles Dodgers, Earvin “Magic” Johnson is …
Published on July 27, 2023
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Virginia Union University freshman running back Hakeem Holland rushes down the field last Saturday with Johnson C. Smith University’s Austin Jacques snagging him to stop …
Published on October 2, 2015
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Anita Johnson reads the plaque at an obelisk erected in memory of the African-Americans buried on the site near Broad and 15th Street. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond …
Published on October 18, 2018
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Derrex Brady, from left, Thomas Q. Jones, Deji LaRay and Philip Smithey in a scene from “Johnson,” on Bounce TV.
Published on August 5, 2021
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Bristol native Dr. Charles Spurgeon Johnson, son of the pastor of Lee Street Baptist Church, attended Virginia Union University and became a sociologist, author and, …
Published on November 11, 2021
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First fans rewarded for camping out at camp
TreVon Cannon, Keshaun Smoot, Marquis Richardson and Daryl Johnson hold a unique record in Washington football training camp lore. The former Highland Springs High School classmates, athletes and longtime friends have been the first fans inside the D.C. training camp each of its first three years in Richmond. How have they done it?