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![In this 1921 image provided by the Library of Congress, smoke billows over Tulsa, Okla. An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice by survivors of the deadly racist rampage.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/07/13/Tulsa_massacre_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
In this 1921 image provided by the Library of Congress, smoke billows over Tulsa, Okla. An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations …
Published on July 13, 2023
![Virginia Union University had much to celebrate with its homecoming win over Lincoln University 57-0 on Oct. 21 at Hovey Field. The Panthers had 481 yards total offense to just 168 for the Lions. All-American tailback Jada Byers ran for 55 yards and four touchdowns on just 12 carries.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/10/26/Jada_Byers_VUU_Homecoming_2023_16_of_21_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Virginia Union University had much to celebrate with its homecoming win over Lincoln University 57-0 on Oct. 21 at Hovey Field. The Panthers had 481 …
Published on October 26, 2023
![Participants in the Spelman College 136th commencement celebrate in College Park, Ga., in May 2023. Historically Black colleges and universities, which had seen giving from foundations decline in recent decades, have seen an increase in gifts —- particularly from corporations and corporate foundations over the past several years.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2024/01/25/Spelman_photo_for_A1_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Participants in the Spelman College 136th commencement celebrate in College Park, Ga., in May 2023. Historically Black colleges and universities, which had seen giving from …
Published on January 25, 2024
![Mr. Virginia State University, Christopher Lawrence, and Miss Virginia State University, Aliya Mayers, wave to the crowd during the game, which drew 3,409 people. VSU won 39-23 over Bluefield State, leaving the Trojans 7-0 overall and atop the CIAA North with a 5-0 record.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/10/19/VSU_Homecoming_2023_13_of_24_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Mr. Virginia State University, Christopher Lawrence, and Miss Virginia State University, Aliya Mayers, wave to the crowd during the game, which drew 3,409 people. VSU …
Published on October 19, 2023
![As champion of the Atlantic 10 tournament last weekend at the Henrico Sports & Events Center, UR will be competing in the NCAA “Big Dance” next week. Grace Townsend, right, a senior point guard from James River High in Midlothian, had 13 points, six rebounds and five assists as UR scored a 65-51 win over Rhode Island.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2024/03/14/A10_ChampionshiUR_Women_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
As champion of the Atlantic 10 tournament last weekend at the Henrico Sports & Events Center, UR will be competing in the NCAA “Big Dance” …
Published on March 14, 2024
![Danita Rountree Green, left, and Martha Rollins are co-CEOs of Coming Together Virginia, a local nonprofit organization that typically unites people over a meal to have difficult conversations. On Aug. 27, 2022 the women led Richmond-area residents on a Unity Walk to commemorate the 59th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s, “I Have a Dream” speech.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2024/03/14/danita_green_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Danita Rountree Green, left, and Martha Rollins are co-CEOs of Coming Together Virginia, a local nonprofit organization that typically unites people over a meal to …
Published on March 14, 2024
![Constance Guthrie, who is 74, sits in a hospital-style bed propped up by a pillow. Her daughter, Jessica Guthrie, stands next to the bed, smiling. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at age 66. About 14% of Black people in America over the age of 65 have Alzheimer’s, compared with 10% of white people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The disparity is likely even more, because many Black people aren’t correctly diagnosed.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/07/13/Alzheimers_photo_1_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Constance Guthrie, who is 74, sits in a hospital-style bed propped up by a pillow. Her daughter, Jessica Guthrie, stands next to the bed, smiling. …
Published on July 13, 2023
![An Eventbrite announcement for the “I AM HERE” healing circle read: “May the many lives that our city has lost from this tragic shooting and throughout our city over the years from Monroe Park to Mosby Court inspire all of us as a city and society to do the spiritual, societal, and yes systemic homework that have been divinely assigned to each of us in this moment in order to graduate from this cycle of violence in our city and beloved community.”](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/07/13/healing_circle_pix_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
An Eventbrite announcement for the “I AM HERE” healing circle read: “May the many lives that our city has lost from this tragic shooting and …
Published on July 13, 2023
![Maggie Walker High School class of 1966 class- mates Yvonne Wingfield and Charles Gilmore, below, smile for the camera Saturday at a Short Pump restaurant. The trio were among 40 classmates expected to join the fun for lunch and an in- formal program focused on “10 years of food, fun and fellowship.” Maggie Walker High School’s Class of 1966 has gathered for luncheons over the past decade, exclud- ing the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/08/24/--Yvonne_WhitfieldMAGGIE_WALKER_HIGH_SCHOOL_LUNCHEON_1966_081923_RHB1_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Maggie Walker High School class of 1966 class- mates Yvonne Wingfield and Charles Gilmore, below, smile for the camera Saturday at a Short Pump restaurant. …
Published on August 24, 2023
![Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a summer-blooming member of the aster family that produces multiple long-lasting blossoms in flat-topped clusters in a variety of colors. Popular with pollinators and herbalists, yarrow has been selected by the International Herb Association as the 2024 Herb of the Year. It’s found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and easily identified by its feathery, fern-like leaves. Over millennia, people of many cultures have found hundreds of beneficial uses for yarrow for medicinal and digestive potions and dyeing fabrics.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2024/04/25/Yarrow_herb_of_the_year_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a summer-blooming member of the aster family that produces multiple long-lasting blossoms in flat-topped clusters in a variety of colors. Popular …
Published on April 25, 2024
![Landscaping work that started in early June by YME Landscape continues on the former site of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled Sept 2., 2021 that the state could remove the enormous statue that towered over Monument Avenue in the state’s capital for more than a century and had, for many, become a symbol of racial injustice. Calls to remove the statue and others like it that were and remain scattered throughout the United States increased following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Detroit police on Memorial Day 2020. The defeated war general’s final fate came on Sept. 8, 2021, with the removal of a 21-foot high bronze sculpture in his image and his horse, Traveller, on a granite pedestal nearly twice that tall.](https://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/07/06/Cityscape_Monument_Landscaping_SS_070123_012_r190x220.jpg?15134d8ecf80f15357c5f07aa65289834e904796)
Landscaping work that started in early June by YME Landscape continues on the former site of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The …
Published on July 6, 2023
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