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The county is currently trying to locate living descendants.
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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. -
Google Maps/Screenshot by NPRPlaintiffs in the federal lawsuit filed in Virginia include students who say they don't want to be forced to glorify or represent historical figures who fought to maintain slavery and white supremacy.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsThe group gathered in Charlottesville to mark the 100th installation anniversary.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsBrown v. Board of Education Scholarship committee to award 44 people money for educational programs.
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Courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation/In 2023, researchers at Colonial Williamsburg uncovered artifacts ranging from dining ware to gun hardware.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsLocal districts are left to figure out funding for fixes and new buildings.
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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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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsThere have been thousands of maintenance requests at the district’s schools during the past few years.
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File/APVeterans who helped test nuclear weapons are fighting to renew a 34-year-old law meant to help compensate for the long-term health effects of their work.
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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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The National Trust for Historic Preservation has released the list each year since 1988. -
Two impending laws close a yearslong chapter marked by bipartisan delays.
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Frances W. McClenney’s daughter said she faced threats for working at the school.
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The U.S. marks the amazing, the curious and the problematic. Here are some samples.
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His mother, Mary Hardy MacArthur, was from the waterfront city.
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The historic road appears along U.S. Route 250 and in parts of Richmond, Henrico.
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David Walker, of Norfolk, was 19 years old when Japanese torpedoes sunk his battleship, the USS California, during the surprise attack on the Hawaii naval base in 1941.
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A bronze statue of the Virginia civil rights figure could be displayed in the U.S. Capitol by 2025.
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WatchBrian Bullock dives into the history of the Black barbershop uncovering the hidden history behind these community pillars.
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Virginia tribal members seeking more control over artifacts.
