The day terror changed us and a Virginia governor stepped up to lead and restore confidence
There are times when I sit alone and think back — trying to unearth details best left buried — and ...
Tag: History
Nixing Black hero’s name from Va.-built aircraft carrier is offensive, affront to military members
It’s not just that the administration of President Donald Trump, who’s proved repeatedly that he’s racist, wants to remove the ...
The day Virginia took down Confederate statues, a Black church remembered a lynching victim
On Aug. 28, 1899, hundreds of Black residents of Alexandria, Virginia, gathered at Shiloh Baptist Church after a white mob ...
Voting rights anniversary spotlights America’s enduring anti-Black contempt
Civil rights stalwarts, politicians and academics held a requiem for the Voting Rights Act on its 61st anniversary last week, ...
Va. resident seeks answers from state education superintendent over genocide definition
A Virginia resident is asking a Prince William County district court to order the state’s superintendent of public instruction to ...
State budget extends Virginia higher education displacement commission funding for two years
Funding approved by Virginia lawmakers in the new state budget paves the way for two more years of work by ...