Plunky & Oneness, the funk and smooth jazz band led by saxophonist James “Plunky” Branch, wants to help people get their groove back.

R&B legend Ray Charles, who helped redefine country music in the civil rights era will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Find the good and praise it. It’s a phrase the late Alex Haley, author of the 1976 novel “Roots: The Saga of an American Family,” often said during his life, fromhisdaysresidinginthesmall West Tennessee town of Hen- ning through his world …

“They want to hear you sing,” says the Rev. C.L. Franklin (played by actor Forest Whitaker) to his 10- year-old daughter, Aretha (played by Skye Dakota Turner).

Richmond youths ages 14 to 16 will have the opportunity to learn chess and compete in a tournament this month through Bright Minds RVA Chess Classes and Tournament, a pilot program set up by the Bernice E. Travers Foundation.

Blanche Moore has been selected to a very exciting and much needed Henrico County volunteer position – the 2021 Henrico County Christmas Mother.

Deji LaRay remembered when television shows like “Sex in the City” and “Insecure” captured the essence of friendships among women, but then realized hardly any male-driven stories were being told in the same manner.

The family of the late Henrietta Lacks, who unwittingly spurred a research bonanza when her cancer cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951, has hired a prominent civil rights lawyer to seek compensation from pharmaceutical companies.

Vanderbilt University announced the launch of the James Lawson Institute for the Research and Study of Nonviolent Movements, honoring the 92-year-old influential activist who taught nonviolence to protesters during the civil rights struggles last century.

Saxophonist James “Plunky” Branch and his progressive jazz group, Plunky & Oneness, will headline this year’s 2nd Street Festival that is set to return Saturday, Oct. 2, and Sunday, Oct. 3, to Jackson Ward, it has been announced.

Richmond area residents took time recently to remember pioneering Richmond businesswoman Maggie L. Walker in honor of what would have been her 157th birthday on July 15.

Kanye West barely said a word during his impromptu album listening session on July 22, but the mercurial rapper still had most attendees standing on their feet while hanging on every word of his new project.

A three-day program to encourage women to open or expand a business is to take place Thursday, Aug. 5, through Saturday, Aug. 7, it has been announced.

The Metropolitan Junior Baseball League will host its annual Inner City Classic championship week of activities with a virtual Bobby Bonds Memorial Symposium, an in-person home run derby and nine in-person baseball games at fields around Metro Richmond.

Reginald L. Carter is within striking distance of scoring another victory for his campaign for Black history and racial justice.