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From left, Jamie O. Bosket, president and chief exeuctive officer of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture; Gov. Ralph S. Northam; and the Rev. Grady W. Powell, retired pastor of Gillfield Baptist Church of Petersburg and a member of the museum’s board, applaud during the ceremony.(Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

From left, Jamie O. Bosket, president and chief exeuctive officer of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture; Gov. Ralph S. Northam; and the Rev. …

Published on June 28, 2019
Streamers fly as the new Arthur Ashe Boulevard street signs are unveiled last Saturday by David O. Harris Jr., nephew of Arthur Ashe, left, City Councilwoman Kim B. Gray and Mayor Levar M. Stoney at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

Streamers fly as the new Arthur Ashe Boulevard street signs are unveiled last Saturday by David O. Harris Jr., nephew of Arthur Ashe, left, City …

Published on June 28, 2019
Members of the U.S. Armed Forces Color Guard from Fort Lee present the colors during the ceremony. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Members of the U.S. Armed Forces Color Guard from Fort Lee present the colors during the ceremony. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Published on June 28, 2019
Hundreds of people took photos, including selfies, with the new street signs. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

Hundreds of people took photos, including selfies, with the new street signs. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

Published on June 28, 2019
Members of the Elegba Folklore Society perform during the dedication ceremony, with founder Janine Bell explaining to the crowd how the sound of the drums open the road — the new Arthur Ashe Boulevard — “to let the people come forward.” (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Members of the Elegba Folklore Society perform during the dedication ceremony, with founder Janine Bell explaining to the crowd how the sound of the drums …

Published on June 28, 2019
12-year-old Yaa-Nailah Bell-Barber and her uncle, Brian Wright, collect some of the purple streamers launched at the unveiling ceremony. Yaa-Nailah wanted to keep some of the streamers as a souvenir of the historic day. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

12-year-old Yaa-Nailah Bell-Barber and her uncle, Brian Wright, collect some of the purple streamers launched at the unveiling ceremony. Yaa-Nailah wanted to keep some of …

Published on June 28, 2019
Richmond City Councilwoman Kim B. Gray, 2nd District, pulls down the last curtain to unveil the new Arthur Ashe Boulevard signs as Mr. Ashe’s nephew, David O. Harris Jr., left, and Mayor Levar M. Stoney watch. (Ava Reaves/Richmond Free Press)

Richmond City Councilwoman Kim B. Gray, 2nd District, pulls down the last curtain to unveil the new Arthur Ashe Boulevard signs as Mr. Ashe’s nephew, …

Published on June 28, 2019
Civil rights icon and Congressman John R. Lewis of Georgia offers a moving keynote address to mark the occasion. (Sandra Sellars)

Civil rights icon and Congressman John R. Lewis of Georgia offers a moving keynote address to mark the occasion. (Sandra Sellars)

Published on June 28, 2019
Butterfly and thistle in the West End (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Butterfly and thistle in the West End (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Published on June 28, 2019
New to the game/ Darien Threatts, 2, channels his inner Ashe during a tennis skills session for children last Saturday at Battery Park in North Side. Friends of Battery Park collaborated with several other groups to put on the celebration at the park’s Arthur Ashe Tennis Courts. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

New to the game/ Darien Threatts, 2, channels his inner Ashe during a tennis skills session for children last Saturday at Battery Park in North …

Published on June 28, 2019
Mayor Stoney

Mayor Stoney

Published on June 28, 2019
Kyle Guy

Kyle Guy

Published on June 28, 2019
Ty Jerome

Ty Jerome

Published on June 28, 2019
De’Andre Hunter of the University of Virginia gets a hug June 20 after being selected by the Los Angeles Lakers as the No. 4 pick in the NBA Draft in New York.

De’Andre Hunter of the University of Virginia gets a hug June 20 after being selected by the Los Angeles Lakers as the No. 4 pick …

Published on June 28, 2019

Published on June 28, 2019
Stephanie Walton, foreground, leads a Females in Action workout in Apex, N.C.

Stephanie Walton, foreground, leads a Females in Action workout in Apex, N.C.

Published on June 28, 2019
Above, Carolyn Smith, a descendant of the enslaved people sold by Georgetown University, shows gravesites of descendants who wound up in Houma, La. Behind her are the sugar mill and plantations where many of her ancestors worked. At left, Frank Campbell is shown in the only known photo of one of the people enslaved and sold by Georgetown’s Jesuit priests.

Above, Carolyn Smith, a descendant of the enslaved people sold by Georgetown University, shows gravesites of descendants who wound up in Houma, La. Behind her …

Published on June 28, 2019

Published on June 28, 2019
Mrs. Wall

Mrs. Wall

Published on June 28, 2019
George P. Braxton

George P. Braxton

Published on June 28, 2019