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Personality: Rhonda Keyes Pleasants

Spotlight on chair of Family Representative Council of East Marshall Street Well Project

Rhonda Keyes Pleasants entered the funeral industry in 1996 and became a fully licensed funeral director and embalmer in December 2000.

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Personality: Shawna Chapman

Spotlight on America’s United States Mrs. Mid-Atlantic 2024

Growing up in Petersburg, Shawna Chapman never believed pageants were open to women like her, whose background includes dropping out of high school and experiencing periods of homelessness.

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Why do so many Black women die in pregnancy?

One reason: Doctors don’t take them seriously

Angelica Lyons knew it was dangerous for Black women to give birth in America.

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  • By Kat Stafford/The Associated Press
  • June 29, 2023
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Personality: Lok Lam

Spotlight on Neighborhood Resource Center’s board president

Lok Lam’s passion for a community’s welfare is clear from her work with the Neighborhood Resource Center of Greater Fulton since she became board president last October.

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Personality: Elizabeth C. ‘Lizzie’ Childress

Spotlight on Richmond Public Schools 2023 top valedictorian

Lizzie Childress will be recognized as valedictorian at her graduation from Richmond’s Open High School and her 5.2958 GPA also made her the Richmond Public Schools 2023 top valedictorian.

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Legislating with power and purpose

Jennifer McClellan’s historic first year in Congress

March 7, 2024, marked one year since Jennifer L. McClellan made history, winning a special election to succeed the late A. Donald McEachin and become the first Black woman elected to Congress from Virginia.

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A treasure trove of history

Jackson Ward couple discovers legal papers of civil rights icon Roland J. ‘Duke’ Ealey

Five years into the renovation of a 143-year-old brick house on East Clay Street in Jackson Ward, James Vigeant’s work halted. To his surprise and amazement, he found an unexpected treasure — 144 moldy boxes filled with the decaying legal papers of one of Richmond’s legal giants, Roland J. “Duke” Ealey.

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