Movie screening to raise money for Sudan refugees
Virginia Commonwealth University is hosting a screening of the movie “The Good Lie” 4 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the VCU Commons Theater. The goal is to raise money to aid Sudanese refugees living in camps across the Sudan border …
Postage stamp to honor poet Maya Angelou
The U.S. Postal Service will honor Maya Angelou, the beloved late poet, author, educator and champion of equality, with a Forever Stamp. “Maya Angelou inspired our nation through a life of advocacy and through her many contributions to the written …
Royal fashion show at VSU
Virginia State University will host a Spring Fling “Royals” Fashion Show, a royalty-themed event, from 6 to 9 p.m. March 15 at Daniel Gymnasium on campus. Six local designers and 33 student models will show off clothing inspired by the …
Social workers offer symposium on society issues
“Walk Into Your Season: Enhancing Knowledge & Cultural Awareness.” That’s the theme for a symposium presented by the Richmond Association of Black Social Workers.
Petersburg Chamber honors ‘Hometown Heroes’
The Petersburg Chamber of Commerce recognized six “Hometown Heroes” at its 134th annual dinner Feb. 18 at Tabernacle Baptist Church.
Female beauty focus of Pine Camp art exhibit
Above, Darryl Wingo, center, discusses his photograph, “Naturally Free,” with art enthusiasts, from left, Patricia Burrell, Arnetha Carter, Michelle Crump and Fay Logan. Artist Unicia Buster, right, chats about her quilt, “Field of Afros,” with LaTika
Valentine gala benefits scholarships
Alga and Earlene Evans, left, join other couples in dancing to a love song at the 16th Annual Valentine Gala of the Virginia Area Chapter of Pi Lambda Theta. The highlight of the educational honor society’s dinner-dance Saturday night in …
2-day conference to raise awareness, uplift community
It’s called “R.I.S.E. Up Weekend 2015, Awakening Your Inner Giant.” And it’s scheduled for Friday, Feb. 27, and Saturday, Feb. 28, in room 1201 in the Monroe Campus Academic Learning Commons at Virginia Commonwealth University, 1000 Floyd Ave. The theme …
Rare book, diary related to ‘12 Years’ author on display
When officials at the Earl Gregg Swem Library at The College of William & Mary purchased a 1902 diary from an unknown author in 2009 for their special collections unit, they had no idea they had made an historical connection. …
NAACP Image Award has Richmond connection
Hundreds of African-American students are becoming doctors, nurses, dentists and medical researchers, thanks to university alliances Dr. Louis W. Sullivan created in Richmond and elsewhere. That is just one of the achievements of the pioneering 81-year-old physician, educator and health …
Love Stories
I was the 28-year-old executive director of the Virginia United Negro College Fund, scouting locations in Richmond for the annual Lou Rawls Parade of Stars Telethon.
Love Stories
My husband and I met when we were students at Hampton Institute, now University. I was a freshman and he was a sophomore. We met at the on-campus Grill restaurant one Sunday evening after a Vesper service.
Love Stories
We met in August 1948 at a 10-cent dance. I went to the dance with a girlfriend who was hoping to find her true love. I deceived my parents into thinking I would be visiting my girlfriend for a few …
Love Stories
Sonya is fond of saying, “We had our divorce before we were married.” She and I met 30 years ago when we were students at Amherst College. And, in addition to the intriguing proposition that I was a freshman while …
Bobby Brown maintains constant bedside vigil over Bobbi Kristina
ATLANTA The daughter of late pop star Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown was placed in a coma to stop brain swelling after she was found facedown and unresponsive in a bathtub in her Georgia home last weekend, family friend …
