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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.

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

Savannah Watkins, 19, holds a picture of her father, Calvin Watkins, who has been incarcerated since 2004 at Buckingham Correctional Center. She said she doesn’t remember her father outside of prison.

Savannah Watkins, 19, holds a picture of her father, Calvin Watkins, who has been incarcerated since 2004 at Buckingham Correctional Center. She said she doesn’t …

Published on August 19, 2021

Kimberly Dyke-Harsley displays her own message about freedom as she listens to the speakers at last Saturday’s parole restoration rally at Chimborazo Park.

Kimberly Dyke-Harsley displays her own message about freedom as she listens to the speakers at last Saturday’s parole restoration rally at Chimborazo Park.

Published on August 19, 2021

Helping hands/Londyn Pair, 2, gets assistance from her uncle, Jason Johnson, as she tries on her new backpack, one of the giveaways at last Saturday’s CAHN Block Party at the Manchester Medical Center in South Side. The event, sponsored by the Capital Area Health Network, or CAHN, was in celebration of National Health Center Week and featured health and wellness vendors providing information and resources to the community. CAHN, a nonprofit, operates seven low-cost health clinics in the Richmond area, including one in the medical building at 101 Cowardin Ave. (photo: Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

Helping hands/Londyn Pair, 2, gets assistance from her uncle, Jason Johnson, as she tries on her new backpack, one of the giveaways at last Saturday’s …

Published on August 19, 2021

A real splash/Marlei Wyatt-Bey, 5, gingerly enjoys the splash pad Wednesday at Battery Park Pool on Dupont Circle in North Side. The youngster was visiting the pool with her camp group on a day when temperatures reached the 80s in Richmond.

A real splash/Marlei Wyatt-Bey, 5, gingerly enjoys the splash pad Wednesday at Battery Park Pool on Dupont Circle in North Side. The youngster was visiting …

Published on August 5, 2021

Fun at RPS Summer Fest/Gerald Brown, 5, outdistances his 4-year-old sister, Gabrielle, during a sack race last Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School during RPS Summer Fest. The event, sponsored by Richmond Public Schools, provided information for families on how to enroll students for the upcoming school year, while offering music, entertainment, art stations, books and refreshments.

Fun at RPS Summer Fest/Gerald Brown, 5, outdistances his 4-year-old sister, Gabrielle, during a sack race last Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School …

Published on July 29, 2021

Welcoming the burgundy and gold/There’s no doubt that the Washington Football Team has real diehard fans in Richmond. After a year’s hiatus because of COVID-19, the NFL team received a big welcome back to its Richmond training camp on Wednesday by fans who turned out in droves. Many wore the team colors of burgundy and gold. Dorann Jones-Coleman of Glen Allen dressed in her WFT gear and matching sunglasses to support the team she has been cheering on for more than 20 years.

Welcoming the burgundy and gold/There’s no doubt that the Washington Football Team has real diehard fans in Richmond. After a year’s hiatus because of COVID-19, …

Published on July 29, 2021

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Walker! Richmond area residents took time recently to remember pioneering Richmond businesswoman Maggie L. Walker in honor of what would have been her 157th birthday on July 15. While she is best known as the first Black woman to found and serve as president of a bank in the United States, she also was a civil rights and voting rights advocate, newspaper publisher, store owner and politician and all around community leader. Melvin Jones Jr., a graduate of the former Maggie L. Walker High School and president of the Maggie L. Walker Statue Foundation, places flowers July 15 at her statue in Downtown at Adams and Broad streets. The statue serves as a gateway to Jackson Ward where Mrs. Walker lived and did much of her work.

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Walker! Richmond area residents took time recently to remember pioneering Richmond businesswoman Maggie L. Walker in honor of what would have been …

Published on July 29, 2021

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Walker! Richmond area residents took time recently to remember pioneering Richmond businesswoman Maggie L. Walker in honor of what would have been her 157th birthday on July 15. While she is best known as the first Black woman to found and serve as president of a bank in the United States, she also was a civil rights and voting rights advocate, newspaper publisher, store owner and politician and all around community leader. Her home at 110 ½ E. Leigh St. is a national historic site run by the National Park Service, which held a public celebration of Mrs. Walker’s birthday July 17 in the courtyard behind her home and the NPS visitors’ center on the site at 600 N. 2nd St. Samuel L. Houston, 11, of Short Pump enjoys a birthday celebration cupcake in the courtyard, where he joined with his parents, Pamela and Cedric Houston, to learn about Mrs. Walker and her legacy.

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Walker! Richmond area residents took time recently to remember pioneering Richmond businesswoman Maggie L. Walker in honor of what would have been …

Published on July 29, 2021

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Walker! Richmond area residents took time recently to remember pioneering Richmond businesswoman Maggie L. Walker in honor of what would have been her 157th birthday on July 15. While she is best known as the first Black woman to found and serve as president of a bank in the United States, she also was a civil rights and voting rights advocate, newspaper publisher, store owner and politician and all around community leader. About 30 local volunteers, including sisters Keishawna Rowe, 22, left, and Vonjanique Brown, 25, below center, used their Saturday morning on July 17 to give back by volunteering to spruce up Jackson Ward by removing litter from the sidewalks and the street. The service effort was a collaboration coordinated by the City of Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community facilities.

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Walker! Richmond area residents took time recently to remember pioneering Richmond businesswoman Maggie L. Walker in honor of what would have been …

Published on July 29, 2021

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Walker! Richmond area residents took time recently to remember pioneering Richmond businesswoman Maggie L. Walker in honor of what would have been her 157th birthday on July 15. While she is best known as the first Black woman to found and serve as president of a bank in the United States, she also was a civil rights and voting rights advocate, newspaper publisher, store owner and politician and all around community leader. Mrs. Walker was a founding member of the Richmond Branch NAACP; helped lead a boycott of the racially segregated Richmond trolley system; was the first Black woman to run for statewide office in 1921 in seeking to become state superintendent of public education; and was grand secretary of the Order of St. Luke, leading the fraternal society in opening a department store, producing a newspaper and creating the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank.

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Walker! Richmond area residents took time recently to remember pioneering Richmond businesswoman Maggie L. Walker in honor of what would have been …

Published on July 29, 2021

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Walker! Richmond area residents took time recently to remember pioneering Richmond businesswoman Maggie L. Walker in honor of what would have been her 157th birthday on July 15. While she is best known as the first Black woman to found and serve as president of a bank in the United States, she also was a civil rights and voting rights advocate, newspaper publisher, store owner and politician and all around community leader. Kaylee Vaughn, 3, adorned with a crown, plays with Legos during a “Kid-Preneur Fair” at St. Luke Legacy Center on East Laburnum Avenue in Henrico. It was the culminating activity of the center’s weeklong celebration highlighting and honoring Mrs. Walker.

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Walker! Richmond area residents took time recently to remember pioneering Richmond businesswoman Maggie L. Walker in honor of what would have been …

Published on July 29, 2021

Gloria Richardson, head of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, pushes a National Guardsman’s bayonet aside in July 1963 as she moves among a crowd of demonstrators in Cambridge, Md.

Gloria Richardson, head of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, pushes a National Guardsman’s bayonet aside in July 1963 as she moves among a crowd of …

Published on July 22, 2021

Sisterly soiree/Sisters Nylah Doswell from left, Nyaja Plummer and Nasya Doswell share a laugh and enjoy pizza during a Daughters of the King Soiree last Saturday in Byrd Park. The group meets monthly in various locations and is a ministry and mentorship program for young women sponsored by The Church of God in Richmond located in South Side.

Sisterly soiree/Sisters Nylah Doswell from left, Nyaja Plummer and Nasya Doswell share a laugh and enjoy pizza during a Daughters of the King Soiree last …

Published on July 15, 2021

Crowd Pleaser/There's nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed. The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels' Fourth of July weekend home stand against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies Ponies of New York. After the Squirrels' 2-1 win over the Rumble Ponies Saturday night, the celebration continued with a colorful fireworks display that was visible far outside the stadium.

Crowd Pleaser/There's nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed. The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels' Fourth of …

Published on July 8, 2021

Crowd Pleaser/There's nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed. The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels' Fourth of July weekend home stand against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies Ponies of New York. After the Squirrels' 2-1 win over the Rumble Ponies Saturday night, the celebration continued with a colorful fireworks display that was visible far outside the stadium.

Crowd Pleaser/There's nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed. The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels' Fourth of …

Published on July 8, 2021

Crowd Pleaser/There's nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed. The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels' Fourth of July weekend home stand against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies Ponies of New York. After the Squirrels' 2-1 win over the Rumble Ponies Saturday night, the celebration continued with a colorful fireworks display that was visible far outside the stadium.

Crowd Pleaser/There's nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed. The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels' Fourth of …

Published on July 8, 2021

Crowd Pleaser/There's nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed. The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels' Fourth of July weekend home stand against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies Ponies of New York. After the Squirrels' 2-1 win over the Rumble Ponies Saturday night, the celebration continued with a colorful fireworks display that was visible far outside the stadium.

Crowd Pleaser/There's nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed. The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels' Fourth of …

Published on July 8, 2021

In this courtroom sketch, Hennepin County, Minn., District Judge Peter Cahill presides over the June 25 sentencing hearing for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty in April of murder in the death of George Floyd in May 2020.

In this courtroom sketch, Hennepin County, Minn., District Judge Peter Cahill presides over the June 25 sentencing hearing for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, …

Published on July 1, 2021

Kym Idella Jeter waves to family and friends in the stands as she walks out with Huguenot High School’s new graduates at the end of Monday morning’s ceremony at The Diamond on Arthur Ashe Boulevard. Huguenot’s was the first of eight Richmond high school commencements over three days at the ballpark.

Kym Idella Jeter waves to family and friends in the stands as she walks out with Huguenot High School’s new graduates at the end of …

Published on June 24, 2021