VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY ... charged for their fire department to come out and put out any fire, both Black and White would charge that.” Research shows $50 in the late 1940s is around ...

Although it was barely noted at the time, their votes were an important piece of history ... may have been the first votes cast by Black Americans in Virginia. Their story was uncovered by ...

The council sworn into office in 2023 was the most diverse — and possibly the youngest — in city history with four Black ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va ... that the school and its artifacts provide insight into community life, history, and activism of Black communities during the Jim Crow era. For the latest news, weather ...

In 1998, three men – Barry Black, Richard Elliott, and Jonathan O’Mara – were arrested and convicted separately of cross burning, violating a Virginia state statute prohibiting cross burning on the ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, the US Fish & Wildlife Service announced on Friday.

Virginia Union University reversed course this ... Construction would involve tearing down a historic Black-owned hospital. Black leaders raised money to construct the two-story art deco building ...

Northern Virginia's Spotsylvania County has a 75-mile driving tour highlighting its important Black history sites ... The city is home to three beach parks for swimming, kayaking and other ...

When Kimberly Selden and Virginia Thornton ... Through film, Black Girls Tennis Club is now taking ownership of chronicling and honoring Black tennis history. Storytelling and content is a part ...

Lawmakers, healthcare workers and advocates gather for a Black Maternal Health Summit in Virginia's Capitol on Oct. 18, 2024. (Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury) Virginia lawmakers plan to ...

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The world’s first cloned black-footed ferret has given birth in ... Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, the US Fish & Wildlife Service announced on Friday.