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Charlie Russell grew up on the west-side of Indianapolis in the 1950's. In his all-black neighborhood the racial violence of the south that he saw on…
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The mayor of Virginia's capital city is weighing in on how to deal with Confederate monuments. Richmond mayor Levar Stoney announced Thursdayhe'd like to…
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This week, Charlottesville City Council voted to remove its statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. What to do with the monument has been part of an…
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This past Saturday, over 1,000 Richmonders streamed down Monument Avenue in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington, planned for this weekend. The…
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After integration, historically black cemeteries around the state fell to the wayside, often unkempt, uncared for, and forgotten.Now a state lawmaker is…
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On Saturday, July 9, we hosted a live storytelling event with Secretly Y'all and Untold RVA at The Hippodrome Theater in Richmond. Among the storytellers…
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“My name is Victoria Matoska. I’m from Kenosha, Wisconsin. That’s where I lived the majority of my life.“If you ever look at those—they always have them…
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Virginia has struggled with how best to memorialize its history of slavery. The latest conversation is about what to do with a site in the heart of…
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“The vision I think that guides me forward, or what I’m kindof working towards, is this idea of a more just city. “When I was in college, I went to Italy…
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We moved to Richmond maybe like the summer of 2004, and within maybe six months one of our neighbors who we hung out with was diagnosed with lung cancer.…