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The late Henrietta Lacks was honored by the Virginia General Assembly in February. At the State Capitol for the tribute are, from left, Mrs. Lacks’ …
Published on March 23, 2018
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Senior Chris Thaxton, the Highland Springs High School wide receiver who scored the winning touchdown giving the Springers the state football title, stands Wednesday amid …
Published on December 16, 2016
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People from many different faiths and backgrounds participate in an interfaith Passover “Justice Seder” Monday evening, using the Exodus story and Passover rituals to shine …
Published on April 26, 2019
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The halls of the Virginia General Assembly were ablaze with crimson on Monday as Richmond area members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority participated in Delta …
Published on January 25, 2024
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Afrikana Independent Film Festival starts Friday
Forty films from four continents over three days, all featuring black artistic expression. That’s what will be on hand at the 2nd Annual Afrikana Independent Film Festival.
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Grammy winner James Ingram dies at 66
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter James Ingram, who launched multiple hits on the R&B and pop charts and earned two Oscar nominations for his songwriting, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2018, at his Los Angeles home from brain cancer. He was 66.
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3rd Annual Afrikana Independent Film Festival rescheduled for Nov. 29-Dec. 2
Boots Riley, writer and director of the independent film “Sorry to Bother You,” will talk about his film following a screening 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Grace Street Theater, 934 W. Grace St.
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Down Home Family Reunion this Saturday
Richmond native Jerome “Bigfoot” Brailey’s Funk Allstars is headlining the 29th Annual Down Home Family Reunion this weekend. The free event, hosted by the Elegba Folklore Society, will run from 4 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at Abner Clay Park, Leigh Street and Brook Road in Jackson Ward.
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VUU on a roll; taking on Shaw this Saturday
Virginia Union University football has gone from famine to feast—and the Panthers are hungry for more.
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Dr. William C. Jones, 83, noted obstetrician, dies
Expectant mothers often filled the waiting room in Dr. William Collins Jones’ busy North Side office. They could be there for hours while Dr. Jones handled a delivery at a nearby hospital. But none of the women left because each believed her baby was in the best of hands.
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Cleveland-to-VUU pipeline flows once more
Virginia Union University’s famed “Cleveland Connection,” long the lifeblood of the institution’s basketball program, has regained a pulse.
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Laws as weapons of the unjust, by Oscar H. Blayton
We read in disbelief that a Black man who has already spent almost 23 years in a Louisiana prison for stealing a pair of garden clippers has now been denied any measure of mercy and must spend the rest of his life behind bars for his minor crime.
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Afghan evacuees mark first U.S. Ramadan with gratitude, agony
Sitting cross-legged on the floor as his wife and six children laid plates of fruit on a red cloth in front of him, Wolayat Khan Samadzoi watched through the open balcony door for the sliver of the new moon to appear in the cloudless New Mexico sky, where the sun had set beyond a desert mountain.
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Stories to inspire a better community being told
The Hippodrome Theater in Richmond’s historic Jackson Ward was buzzing Saturday evening as 400 people of all ages and races — from young adult hipsters to older city dwellers — mingled with drinks in hand while a DJ rocked the turntables. They were there for “Secret Stories of Self-Determined Change,” a sold-out event organized by UnMonumental in collaboration with Untold RVA and Secretly Y’all.
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Delegate Delores L. McQuinn, chair of the Richmond Slave Trail Commission, addresses the audience at Monday’s development ceremony at the Lumpkin’s Jail site in Shockoe …
Published on October 13, 2016
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A new wave of freshmen has arrived on Richmond’s college campuses, often accompanied by their families. William P. Agble of Fredericksburg, third from right, moves …
Published on August 25, 2017
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Members of the 1975 undefeated football team at Maggie L. Walker High School stand Monday on the steps of their alma mater holding a commemorative …
Published on November 24, 2018
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VSU to take on dreaded Bowie State after trouncing Elizabeth City State
Virginia State University’s football offense has sprung to life at just the right time.
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Robert Moore, former VUU coach, dies
Former Virginia Union University basketball Coach Robert D. Moore died Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015, at his home in Charlotte, N.C.
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Youth teams score big in USBA, AAU national competition
Local teams came back winners and runners-up in separate national basketball competitions. Team Loaded’s 12-year-olds dominated a 60-team field in winning the United States Basketball Association Nationals last month in Charlotte, N.C.
