‘Unbound 2019: Truth & Reconciliation’:
In one of his first public appearances since the blackface scandal, Gov. Ralph S. Northam attends the opening of “Unbound 2019: Truth & Reconciliation” on Feb. 28, at The Gallery at Main Street Station. This is the first part of a yearlong exhibition launched by the Richmond Slave Trail Commission to tell the stories of Africans in the Americas before 1619 through the present day. Mieko M. Timmons explains some of the exhibition pieces to Gov. Northam. Located on the first floor, the exhibition is open to the public without charge 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at the station, 1500 E. Main St. Under Gov. McDonnell’s administration, the state put up $11 million for various historical projects related to memorializing the enslaved in Virginia, including the Lumpkin’s Jail site and a related museum in Shockoe Bottom and funds for the improvement of the Richmond Slave Trail. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)
