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The National Park Service is hosting a two-week commemoration to Maggie L. Walker in July 2024.

Here's what you need to know to plan a trip to Richmond, Virginia, including the best hotels, restaurants, and more.

From visionary entrepreneurs to corporate innovators, these dynamic female leaders rewrote the rules and reshaped industries.

VINCENNES — Acting Park Ranger Vance Noles is the featured speaker at a Feb. 23 Sackville commemoration in the Memorial rotunda, with the Sons of the American Revolution Color Guard.

Black Americans have been and will continue to be pivotal to change, discovery, innovation and more in the US, despite the adversity and disadvantages they have been subjected to since their arrival to this country. That is why it is so important to dedicate at least one time of the year to celebrating Black history.… Continue reading Black History Month: People You Should Know about Before the Month Ends

We live in a city chock-full of adaptive reuses, including of the former Westhampton School building by Bon Secours. Shouldnt we be as passionate about preserving our our bricks-and-mortar Black history while its still above ground?

For the sixth year, RVA Community Makers will honor African-American leaders from various fields. The annual community-activated art project will be unveiled by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, and will remain on display until March 16.

Whether you explore the Museum District, raft down the James River, or eat your way through the Church Hill neighborhood, it's easy to see what makes Richmond, Virginia special. Here are our favorite things to do on your next visit to the Commonwealth's capital city.

Monday, the latest MLK holiday, represents new life after the death of Enrichmond. About 70 volunteers showed up on this snowy day of service to clean sidewalks and grave markers and remove broom sedge, wild blackberry bushes and greenbrier overgrowth along the border of the East End and Evergreen cemeteries.

Despite the nearly 1,000 signatures and letters of support Shiree Monterio obtained for a proposed Essex Point at Mt. Clement, the Essex County Board of Supervisors denied her efforts to have her family’s land rezoned for a housing development property.