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The task force will research the decisions that led to the placement of the university in the Shoe Lane neighborhood, which was, at the time, home to a small, thriving Black community.
In 1961, an all-white Newport News City Council voted to dismantle the Shoe Lane neighborhood to make way for what became Christopher Newport University.
Health officials hope to vaccinate kids at school, increase outreach in hesitant communities Source: CNN and last updated 2021-05-04 18:05:26-04 HAMPTON ROADS, Va.â As vaccine supply outpaces demand, health officials are getting creative to combat vaccine hesitancy. âWe used our church bus to circulate throughout the community to announce that we were offering the vaccines, and we were providing rides for people we needed to come to the church to get their vaccine,â said Bishop Dwight Riddick of Gethsemane Baptist Church. In Norfolk, Faith Deliverance Christian Center says it ...