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United Nations Church, which owns the gymnasium BlackTop Kings & Queens Sports Academy and Virtual Learning Center was renting on West 19th Street at the rear of the church’s South Side campus, plans to renovate the now- empty building for the church’s own youth programming.

United Nations Church, which owns the gymnasium BlackTop Kings & Queens Sports Academy and Virtual Learning Center was renting on West 19th Street at the …

Published on September 23, 2021

Published on September 23, 2021

Published on September 23, 2021
This 1958 photo shows members of the Ebenezer Baptist Church Boy Scout Troop 478 with scout and church officials. J. Maurice Hopkins, front row, third from right, was 11 at the time. He notes that he was wearing a Cub Scout uniform because he was too short to have a Boy Scout uniform in his size until sometime later. William “Bunny” Roane, age 13, is in the front row, second from left. Scoutmaster Linwood D. Ross is in the back row, third from right.

This 1958 photo shows members of the Ebenezer Baptist Church Boy Scout Troop 478 with scout and church officials. J. Maurice Hopkins, front row, third …

Published on September 23, 2021
J. Maurice Hopkins stands outside Ebenezer Baptist Church in Jackson Ward, where he and William “Bunny” Roane were the first Eagle Scout candidates in Boy Scout Troop 478 under the leadership of Scoutmaster Linwood D. Ross.

J. Maurice Hopkins stands outside Ebenezer Baptist Church in Jackson Ward, where he and William “Bunny” Roane were the first Eagle Scout candidates in Boy …

Published on September 23, 2021
The monument was designed by Thomas Jay Warren of Oregon and shows a man, woman and child newly emancipated from enslavement. The man’s back is lined with scars from whipping and the woman is holding aloft a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. The base contains the names and brief descriptions of 10 Virginians who contributed to the fight for freedom and equality before and after emancipation. They are slave rebellion leaders Gabriel and Nat Turner; Dred Scott, whose unsuccessful lawsuit for his freedom led to the 1857 U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring that people of African descent had no rights under the U.S. Constitution; William Harvey Carney, who fought with the Massachusetts 54th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops and was the first African-American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor; and Mary Jane Richards Bowser, a spy in the Confederate White House in Richmond who provided useful information to Union officials. Also, the Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and chief of staff to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; John Mercer Langston, Virginia’s first African-American representative in Congress; Lucy Simms, an teacher who advocated for universal education; John Mitchell Jr., the fiery newspaper editor of The Richmond Planet who led a boycott of Richmond’s segregated trolley system and was the first African-American to run for governor of Virginia; and Rosa Dixon Bowser, educator and women’s rights activist who founded the first African-American teachers association in Virginia and the Virginia State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs.

The monument was designed by Thomas Jay Warren of Oregon and shows a man, woman and child newly emancipated from enslavement. The man’s back is …

Published on September 23, 2021
Many in the crowd, including state Sen. Jennifer L. McClellan, head of the statue commission, above, shed tears during the emotional ceremony. Sen. McClellan is comforted by Gov. Ralph S. Northam as Delegate Betsy B. Carr, left, applauds the unveiling.

Many in the crowd, including state Sen. Jennifer L. McClellan, head of the statue commission, above, shed tears during the emotional ceremony. Sen. McClellan is …

Published on September 23, 2021
Two new 12-foot bronze statues comprising the Emancipation and Freedom Monument are unveiled and dedicated Wednesday in front of several hundred people at Brown’s Island.

Two new 12-foot bronze statues comprising the Emancipation and Freedom Monument are unveiled and dedicated Wednesday in front of several hundred people at Brown’s Island.

Published on September 23, 2021

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