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Who are the suffs of Suffs? Did you know that the characters of one of Broadway's newest musicals are based on real, trailblazing women? Before you watch them make history on stage at the Music Box Theatre, get to know the ladies who changed the world over 100 years ago.

Jes Tom is among a wave of trans and nonbinary theater artists bringing their stories and talents to the stage.

Four historic state-owned sites and structures across Virginia are set to receive more than $1 million in federal funding through the Semiquincentennial Grant Program in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.

Long overlooked for Jamestown and Colonial Williamsburg, Hampton is reconciling with its pivotal past—and drawing travelers.

Katherine Hafner The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot HAMPTON — Walk along Fort Monroe in Hampton and you’ll find numerous ways to enjoy the Chesapeake Bay. Swim at the beach, for example, or fish from a pier. But a new coalition envisions the fort eventually offering much more, along with other sites around the nation’s largest estuary. A group of conservation nonprofits, community leaders and lawmakers are pushing for the larger Chesapeake Bay area to become a part of the ...

Granby High students share long legacy of Fort Monroe at global conference: “It’s history that has not really been taught.” Sonia Rao, Daily Press © Kristen Zeis/The Virginian-Pilot Students Patricia OShea and Aren De La Rosa, and teacher Ed Allison are photographed outside of Granby High School in Norfolk, Va., on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.Four students from Granby High School and their teacher, Ed Allison, are participating in a global UN conference Thursday. Ed Allison...

A murky legacy: Confederate generals who helped Black locals LISA VERNON SPARKS, The Virginian-Pilot March 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Not much is written in Virginia’s history books about William Mahone, a general who fought with the Confederate states during the Civil War. He led an attack against the Union Army in 1864 during the Battle of the Crater. Thousands of troops died, and hundreds of Black soldiers were massacred. But there is another story about Mahone tha...

(Tribune News Service) — Not much is written in Virginia’s history books about  William Mahone, a general who fought with the Confederate states during the Civil War. He led an attack against the  Union Army in 1864 during the Battle of the Crater. Thousands of troops died, and hundreds of Black soldiers were massacred. But there is another story about Mahone that is rarely told, historians say. Post-Civil War, Mahone entered politics and led the  Readjuster Party in  Virginia. Th...

Black travelers spent an average of more than $800 per trip to the region in 2019.

As reported by PEOPLE. students will learn about civil rights icons through exhibits on Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama; Muhammad Ali’s fight against systemic racism, there’s also a virtual scavenger hunt of George Washington Carver’s inventions, a tour of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum; and a reading of “Hidden Figures” and “Let the Children March” from NBA & NFL players, per the report.  Students will also learn about the history of...