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Enslaved gardeners tended to the garden's exotic plants on the property of John Custis IV.
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Nick McNamara / WHRO/The first statue is planned for installation after groundwork is completed in 2025. -
Adrienne Hoar McGibbon/VPM NewsThe African American Civil Rights Network nod highlights the museum’s role in the movement.
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Courtesy/BaskervillThe Shockoe Institute is scheduled to open in fall 2025.
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Adrienne McGibbon/VPM NewsRestoration allows Colonial Williamsburg to share more Black American stories.
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Dwight Fenner/Code Switch co-host B.A. Parker on what to do with the debris of Southern sins as we celebrate Juneteenth.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsThe group gathered in Charlottesville to mark the 100th installation anniversary.
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Christopher Tyree, VCIJ/VCIJThe state budget approved May 13 creates a panel to probe the displacement of Black families by public college and university developments and consider possible redress
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Robert Russa Moton MuseumThe county does have plans to renovate its elementary school, though funding remains a question.
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Mary Hill and colleagues sift through oysters harvested from Hill’s seventh-generation oyster grounds in Chuckatuck Creek in Suffolk./Katherine HafnerTheir flourishing economy thrived for a century before pollution devastated the industry.
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Scott Elmquist/VPM NewsFrances W. McClenney’s daughter said she faced threats for working at the school.
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Designer Ethel Bailey Furman was among the first Black women in Virginia to work as an architect. -
A Northern Virginia developer has tied a land donation to building two data centers.
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BizSense Beat is a weekly collaboration between VPM News and Richmond BizSense that brings you the top business stories during NPR's Morning Edition on Fridays.
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Students honor Black history with art, dance and theater.
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The project has been in the works for nearly 15 years.
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Lamar Advertising proposed finding six sites to use in trade for removal of Shockoe billboard.
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What was originally pitched as a $50-million project in 2021 was looking more like a $75-million project in 2024.
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Dawoud Bey's work challenges viewers to see how Black history has shaped America.
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‘Freedom: A Work in Progress’ became Virginia’s fourth stop on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail last week.
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World Cafe turns its ear toward the future with a spotlight on up-and-coming artists blazing their own path beyond genre.
