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School Board reverses course, approves River City Middle rezoning

The Richmond School Board approved a rezoning plan for River City Middle School that will alleviate the overcrowding that has occurred in the first year of the school’s opening for in-person learning.

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Displaced Fox Elementary students to start classes May 9 in Clark Springs building

Fox Elementary School students, teachers and staff will move into Clark Springs Elementary School in early May for the remainder of the school year.

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Jackson Ward Collective hosts business conference

The term “Black Wall Street” is often associated with the prosperous residential and business community that was destroyed in the Tulsa, Okla., massacre 101 years ago. But there were similar places of prosperity in Black communities throughout the United States, including Richmond’s Jackson Ward.

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VSU opens John Mercer Langston Institute for African-American Political Leadership

Virginia State University is opening a new institute to prepare, cultivate and empower African-Americans for political leadership across the state.

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Gov. Northam signs Virginia Voting Rights Act

Gov. Ralph S. Northam has signed the Voting Rights Act of Virginia, making the Commonwealth the first state in the nation to enact its own voting rights act.

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What will 2022 bring?, by Dr. E. Faye Williams

Far too many in our community fail to look to the future seriously. My greatest disappointment is in those who have so very much to lose and who demonstrate so little concern about the futures they must face.

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The Rev. Charles Williams Jr., director of the Office for Black Catholics, dies at 70

The Rev. Charles Williams Jr., who led the Catholic Diocese of Richmond’s Office for Black Catholics for three years, has died.

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Families of homicide victims urged to ‘keep the faith’ during the sadness of the season

It has been more than a decade since Rose Davis lost her son to gun violence, but she still feels the impact.

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Gov. reappoints Justice Roush in latest battle over high court

Can Justice Jane Marum Roush legally serve? That question now hangs over the latest addition to the Virginia Supreme Court. Yes, says Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who just extended Justice Roush’s term on the state’s highest court until at least mid-February.

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Richmond Police to revive Midnight Basketball

The once popular Midnight Basketball League is about to be revived in Richmond. The city police department is bringing back the program as a softer element of its crime-fighting strategy.

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Thousands join March on Monument for message of equality, unity

More than 2,000 people turned out last weekend in Richmond to promote equality, justice, inclusion, unity and action ahead of Friday’s inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

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‘Let Freedom Ring’ initiative extended at historic Williamsburg church

The First Baptist Church of Williamsburg will continue letting freedom ring through the month of May. In February, the historic church started by enslaved and free African-Americans commemorated its 240th anniversary with the kick off of the initiative “Let Freedom Ring: A Call to Healing a Nation.” People were invited to come to the church at 727 Scotland St., or go via social media, to ring the newly restored church bell as a symbolic call for racial healing, peace and justice nationwide.

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Attorney general urges court to uphold mass restoration of felons’ voting rights

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is urging the Virginia Supreme Court to reject a Republican legal challenge to Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s use of executive power to restore voting and other political rights to more than 200,000 felons. This state’s highest court is to hear arguments on the issue July 19.

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Donald J. Trump wins Republican nomination after wife steals speech from Michelle Obama

CLEVELAND Donald J. Trump crossed the threshold of history the way he ran the Republican race: Soaked in drama, surrounded by back-stabbing, jeered by well-heeled critics as a no-hope ama- teur, cheered by a die-hard base and embraced at the finish line by his family.

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ASWAD conference to bring hundreds of scholars to area next week

Nearly 1,000 people from 30 different countries are expected in Williamsburg next week for the 10th Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide Diaspora, or ASWAD.

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Election redux

If nothing else, last week’s elections showed us that change is coming.

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Meals tax redux

We applaud the Richmond City Council for approving the city meals tax hike. We heard the anguish — and the urgency — from people on both sides of the meals tax debate who spoke at Monday night’s City Council meeting. In the end, what unifies us all is the universal support for Richmond Public Schools and the 24,000 youngsters who attend them.

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Covid-19 testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.