While William Dunn, 4, helps clean up Evergreen Cemetery, Teacake is only interested in playing during Friends of East End Cemetery’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Jan. 17.

Michael Hawkins performs during the Keep the Dream Alive Concert at Martin Luther King Middle School on Jan. 27.

Rosalind Christian, a member of Michelle Lightfoot and Friends

Lisa Edwards-Burrs and Naima Burrs

Jane Cooper Johnson (formerly Daisy Jane Cooper) stands in front of Richmond’s newest sculpture “Strides” during its unveiling at the corner of Libbie and Patterson Avenues on Jan. 30. The statue was commissioned by Bon Secours and Thalhimer Realty Partners, and designed by local artists Matt Lively and Tim Harper to commemorate the racial integration of Westhampton School at the corner of Libbie and Patterson. The inscription on the statue behind her reads: “On September 5, 1961 Daisy Jane Cooper was the first African American Student to integrate Richmond City’s Westhampton Junior High School under a U.S. Desegregation Court Order. The following year, September 1962, she was the first African American student to integrate Thomas Jefferson High School.”

Gold Dust Aucuba in Henrico County