Keith Stokes (pictured) will lead the discussion.
The Rhode Island Black Business Association is hosting A History of Black Business in Rhode Island in January.
Presented by Keith Stokes and the 1696 Heritage Group, the event will take place on January 26 from 5:30 - 6:30 pm. History is the collective memory of its entire people and throughout the year, citizens must recognize the important roles that people of all walks of life played in the building of our city, state, and our nation, said RIBBA. The documented contributions of African American men, women, and families to Rhode Island’s civic and economic well-being is a story worth sharing, particularly during these present times of social and economic unrest GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST
Attorney: Loving family opposed to city acquiring Shockoe properties
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The properties near Main Street Station planned for a slavery commemorative site include the old Loving’s Produce building. (
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Efforts by the city to acquire land in Shockoe Bottom for a planned slavery commemorative site are moving forward, but the owners of that land say they’re not interested in selling and will fight attempts to take it by eminent domain.
At the Richmond City Council’s meeting Monday, Stephen Clarke, an attorney representing the Loving family, said his clients “oppose any acquisition” of the land that the city is looking to buy from them, and that they “intend to resist the taking of their property” should the city pursue it through its powers of eminent domain.
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The Ohlone are building a new homeland in the East Bay, 1 half-acre at a time
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A picture Rammay, the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust’s western garden site. They have three spread throughout the East Bay and are in talks to steward a half-dozen more.Inés Ixierda / Sogorea Te’ Land TrustShow MoreShow Less
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Corrina Gould, with the Confederated Villages of Lisjan/Ohlone, visits a parking lot in Berkeley where a sacred Ohlone shellmound was historically located.Paul Chinn / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
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Saving seeds at Lisjan, the first land returned to the Lisjan Ohlone in the territory.Ins Ixierda/Sogorea Te Land TrustShow MoreShow Less