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Still funding Confederacy
Years of taxpayer money has kept Confederate cemeteries in pristine condition. Can there be true equity for historic African-American burial grounds?
On most Saturdays since 2013, volunteers have met at East End Cemetery in Henrico County to hack away at the vines and weeds that have choked gravesites there for decades.
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Second round no charm in NCAA Division II: Lady Panthers take a fall to Indiana Univ.
Full of hope, the Virginia Union University Lady Panthers traveled six hours by bus to mountainous Glenville, W.Va., for the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional playoffs.
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Chesapeake’s Grant Holloway is breaking records all the way to the Olympics
Track and field aficionados in Virginia discovered Grant Holloway years ago. Now the whole country knows.
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Problems prevent lead abatement program from advancing
Daniel Mouer has $2.7 million to spend on removing hazardous lead paint lingering in Richmond residences more than 40 years after it was banned.
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VUU men’s team still one to watch next season
You can make a case for Virginia Union University being the team to beat next CIAA basketball season.
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Mayor says Coliseum plan on hold for now
The $1.4 billion plan to replace the Richmond Coliseum and build new offices, hotels, retail stores and more than 2,800 apartments in 10 blocks near City Hall has been moved off the fast track.
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Honoring the Richmond 34- On Feb. 22, Richmond 34 members participated in a panel discussion, center, at the university. They are, from left, Dr. Anderson …
Published on March 1, 2019
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Honoring the Richmond 34- Elizabeth Johnson Rice listens as Virginia Union University President Hakim J. Lucas reads a proclamation honoring Ms. Johnson Rice and the …
Published on March 1, 2019
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Local chef-caterer turns empty church kitchen into a busy business
On weekdays, the kitchen at Faith Community Baptist Church in Richmond’s East End is a beehive of activity six hours a day.
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VSU could meet VUU in men’s final
It’s possible something could occur this week that’s never happened in CIAA Basketball Tournament history dating to 1946.
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Smollett and real hate crimes
Last week, the Southern Poverty Law Center announced that the number of hate groups in the United States continued to rise for the fourth consecutive year in 2018.
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Judge Randall Johnson
Published on February 22, 2019
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Case closed on Richmond 34
Criminal records from the Feb. 22, 1960, arrests of 34 VUU students protesting racial segregation at a Downtown department store will be expunged Friday, 59 years later
The students from Virginia Union University walked enthusiastically with pride, determination, respect and self confidence. Block by block down Lombardy Street to Broad Street they walked — young men dressed in shirts and ties and young ladies wearing dresses and heels.
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Judges continuing family tradition on local courts
Judge Randall G. Johnson Jr. is going to become a circuit court judge like his late father. And Brice E. Lambert also is headed to the bench where he will continue a family tradition of judicial service.
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National NAACP board suspends Henrico Branch president for 2 years
Frank J. Thornton, former president of the Henrico Branch NAACP, has had his membership in the civil rights group suspended for two years. The national NAACP imposed the suspension on Feb. 16 during its quarterly board meeting in New York.
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Elizabeth Johnson Rice
Published on February 21, 2019
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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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Afroecology at ICA/ The multi-tiered greenery of Rashid Johnson’s “Monument” serves as a centerpiece for a two-day Afroecology program held last weekend at Virginia Commonwealth …
Published on February 15, 2019
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Afroecology at ICA - The multi-tiered greenery of Rashid Johnson’s “Monument” serves as a centerpiece for a two-day Afroecology program held last weekend at Virginia …
Published on February 15, 2019
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Afroecology at ICA-The multi-tiered greenery of Rashid Johnson’s “Monument” serves as a centerpiece for a two-day Afroecology program held last weekend at Virginia Commonwealth University’s …
Published on February 15, 2019
