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In the summer of 2020, a group of citizens began a dialogue about the future of Monument Avenue.

In his must-read 1926 book, “The Miseducation of the Negro,” Dr. Carter G. Woodson stated, “Starting out after the Civil War, opponents of free- dom and social justice decided to work out a program which would enslave the Negro’s mind, …

The last few weeks have seen positive news for the Richmond community in our battle against COVID-19. Cases have started to decline, roughly 54 percent of Richmond’s adult population has received at least one dose of the COVID- 19 vaccine …

The Black experience in America has always been a story of struggle.

We were quite interested in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion this week regarding the NCAA and student-athletes and what compensation students can expect for providing their talent to a college or university.

Some of my “vintage” or “experienced” readers may remember or actually saw the movie, “Birth of a Nation.” Not the 2016 Nate Parker version, I refer to the 1915 silent film, originally called “The Clansman” by D.W. Griffith. In short, …

The far right attack on voting rights is fierce. And the unwillingness of some U.S. Senate Democrats to challenge rules that allow a Republican minority to block voting rights bills is making some question whether we can turn back the …

As a boy growing up Black in America, I remember that there were a few TV advertisements that spoke directly to me. The most memorable was the United Negro College Fund. The words rang in my head like the bells …

It took two years after the Emancipation Proclamation for Black people in Texas to find out that they had been proclaimed free. Juneteenth has now, in regards to that history, been validated as a national holiday.

We are impressed by the scope of activities planned for Juneteenth and the great effort put forth by so many individuals and organizations to make a success of its first celebration as an official state holiday.

We send hearty congratulations to Richmond Public Schools’ valedictorians, as well as all high school seniors in Richmond and the surrounding counties as they graduate this month.

“Slavery is hard history. It is hard to comprehend the inhumanity that defined it. It is hard to discuss the violence that sustained it. It is hard to teach the ideology of white supremacy that justified it. And it is …

The postponed and rescheduled 2020 Olympic Games are only a few weeks away. If the Japanese and International Olympic committees can manage a COVID-safe environment, I welcome them. I consider this event to be one of the purest forms of …

It is time to call the truth to that which is argued as “Southern history.”