Richmond 34 Historic Civil Rights Fight Remembered in Richmond By Sandy Hausman • Feb 21, 2020 WVTF February 22nd marks an important anniversary in the history of civil rights – an event that occurred in Richmond sixty years ago. Civil Rights Icons, Richmond 34, Honored at Capitol By Mallory Noe-Payne • Feb 22, 2019 Steve Helber / AP In 1960 a group of teenagers from Virginia Union University staged a sit-in at a downtown Richmond department store. Thirty-four of them were arrested. The group was honored Friday and some had their records finally expunged.
