Holidays span cultures and time, and sometimes even lie in religious or secular commemorations. As they allow families to ...

With six candidates on the ballot, the June 17 Democratic contest for lieutenant governor is the second most-crowded ...

A new exhibit highlighting the history of Richmond’s Jackson Ward neighborhood is opening at the Library of Virginia.

A Northern Virginia faith leader and parent said she will continue asking state lawmakers to make two African-American history courses count towards the state’s graduation requirements for ...

For Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan to be making history is no surprise to anyone who knows her. If I had my way she would be the current governor of Virginia for I had supported her in the ...

The Virginia Museum of History & Culture is unveiling a new exhibition that celebrates the Rosenwald Schools program, a network of nearly 5,000 schools across the segregated South that provided ...

The book was "Virginia: History, Government, Geography," and it was one of a trio of state-commissioned texts – the others were for fourth grade and high school – that taught Confederate ...

and denied education and civil rights to African Americans has yet to be uprooted in Virginia, the South, and the nation, and this dark and shameful chapter of American history must be understood ...

Taken by Portuguese slave traders, kidnapped by English pirates, and taken far from home, African arrivals to Virginia in 1619 ... forced migration in human history. Painted in 1599, Don Francisco ...

As the director of the regional office of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources in Salem, John Kern, an ardent steward of history, contributed to a better understanding of Southwest ...

With its riverfront parks, historic homes, and tree-lined streets, Smithfield is the kind of place that makes you want to ...

“When you drive up to this house, it definitely stands out,” said Demion Clinco, CEO of the Tucson ... home even before she knew all of its rich history. “I knew it was impressive.