F.T. Rea wrote an interesting piece that left out some significant facts regarding the history of slavery in Virginia (“Unvarnishing Virginia History,” Back Page, Feb. 28). The first 20 Africans ...

I felt like we were kind of misled as a task force in terms of level (of) engagement,' said one member of a reparations task ...

British abolitionists recognized the contradiction in the colonists’ position. One of the founders of the abolitionist ...

The status of blacks in Virginia slowly changed over the last half of the 17th century. The black indentured servant, with his hope of freedom, was increasingly being replaced by the black slave. In ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Public service is deeply connects Martin Brown and John Paige, not just through their careers but through family heritage. Brown serves as the chief diversity officer in the Youngkin ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An attorney for the national slavery museum proposed by former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder submitted a revised plan Wednesday to dig out from $7 million in debt, including the sale of ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal judge will decide within days whether the U.S. National Slavery Museum’s largest creditor can legally challenge deed restrictions on the museum’s proposed home in ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — An artifact right here at home made the top ten for Virginia endangered artifacts. The Seth Woodruff account book is at the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg. It's a ...

When the British parliament usurped a Right to dispose of our Property without our consent we dissolved the Union with our parent country and established a ...government of our own. We risked our ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Near the intersection of Canal and 15th streets in downtown Richmond sits one of the most peculiar attractions in all of Virginia. The simple metal box, frozen in time, is a low-key ...

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - A controversial plan to build a minor league baseball stadium near the historic site of a slave marketplace and burial ground in Virginia's capital cleared another ...

On Saturday, Republican Winsome Sears will make history in Virginia by becoming the first Black woman to hold statewide office when she is sworn in as lieutenant governor alongside the governor-elect, ...