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Fractured leg of Black newborn at Virginia hospital triggers child abuse investigation
Noah Hackey, a premature African American newborn from Henrico County, Virginia, suffered a fractured tibia while in the NICU at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in September 2023. His parents, Tori and Dominique Hackey, are now demanding accountability after learning that other babies at the same hospital sustained similar injuries. Born in August 2023 alongside his twin…
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Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears launches historic bid for Virginia governor
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is poised to make history as the first Black woman to serve as...
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John Lewis statue replaces Confederate monument which stood in town square for over 110 years
A 12-foot bronze statue of the late civil rights leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis...
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Rising teen rapper accidentally shoots himself dead while filming music video for social media
A 17-year-old Virginia rapper, Rylo Huncho, shot himself while attempting to film a profane...
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101-year-old Virginia woman set to graduate from college alongside her granddaughter
A 101-year-old resident of Virginia, Sarah Simpkins, is set to graduate from college alongside her granddaughter. Having dropped out of school 81 years ago due to pregnancy, Simpkins took the challenge...
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Breaking Barriers of Love: the inspiring story of the couple who helped lift the ban on interracial marriage
Interracial marriage was illegal prior to 1967. However, one bold couple turned things around and paved the way for its repeal in Virginia and other states in the United States. Though Mildred was black...
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The inspiring legacy of the 1st Black lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court of Virginia 110yrs ago
He made headlines by being the first Black approved to argue cases before the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (later Supreme Court of Virginia). He won a case before the Court in 1913. His case, Davis...
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Louis Cousins: How a brave 15-year-old desegregated schools in Virginia in 1959
Before 15-year-old Louis Cousins rose to national prominence as one of the Norfolk 17, he was among the 151 Black students who applied to access second-cycle education in all-white Maury High School in...
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The inhabitable Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia that became a safe haven for freed slaves
The Great Dismal Swamp of the Virginia colony was one of the safe havens for enslaved or runaway slaves in the 1800s. When free Africans who had served their terms of contracts and those who were...
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Virginia post office at 4th U.S. President’s estate shut down over ‘White’ and ‘Colored’ signage
The Montpelier historic train depot museum in Virginia will remain open to the public, but, the small post office serving at least 100 customers in the community will remain closed. The post office, which...
