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This week’s edition of “Insider Her Story with nationally syndicated radio/TV personality Jacque Reid examines the pressing issues of minority women from all walks of life who mysteriously disappear never to be found again in our communities due to violence, crime and other opposing factors. Jacque Reid takes time to discuss the tragedies involved and […]
The annual college basketball game between CIAA & 804 rivals Virginia State and Virginia Union University was moved from the cozy confines of their on-campus facilities to the Richmond Coliseum 16 years ago to not only increase visibility, but to also honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday in a fitting fashion. Central VA’s […]
On this holiday fit for a King, we wish the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. a Happy Birthday, and we hope that happiness comes in the joy of him looking down and seeing that we are living his dream yet still continuing the fight to see America become a better place for all […]
Living The Dream to Commemorate Dr. King’s Life and Legacy Living the Dream, Richmond’s annual commemoration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has scheduled a number of community activities for 2012. This year the annual Mass Meeting will be held at a new location, Good Shepherd Baptist […]
Monday, January 16, 9:30am-5pm, Martin Luther King Jr. Day at The Children’s Museum of Richmond Central, www.ChildrensMuseumOfRichmond.org or 804-474-7000. Monday, January 16, 6pm, Boaz & Ruth King celebration, at Fifth Baptist Church, 2800 Third Avenue, ceremony followed by a candlelight walk, dinner 7pm 3030 Meadowbridge Road, 804-329-4900.
First Lady Maureen McDonnell is planning a year long celebration for the Executive Mansion’s 200th Anniversary with special events, exhibits and programs. If you know former descendants of former “First Family” or of someone who worked in the Mansion, they are looking for you to be a part of the Anniversary. Get more details at www.executivemansion.virginia.gov […]
Prom season is coming up and Cinderella Dreams wants to provide prom dresses to Richmond’s young ladies. If you have fashionable evening gowns/dresses to donate, all sizes, please drop them off February 6th – March 12th at Puritan and YMCA locations. Distribution will be March 23rd, 5-8pm, 24th, 11am-3pm and 31st 10am-1pm. Get details at Facebook.com/cinderelladreams.net.
Tony Cosby as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Toney Cobb as Malcolm X, along with Ted “Fango” Moody as the Bodyguard in “The Meeting”, a fictitious meeting and conversation between Dr. King and Malcolm X. See them live Sunday, January 15, 2:30, at the Valentine Richmond History Center. Tony Cosby will also perform two of Dr. King’s famous […]
A South Carolina couple is fighting to get their adopted daughter back in their custody after she was placed with her biological father, who lives 1,100 miles away in Oklahoma. Matt and Melanie Capobianco said goodbye to their 2-year-old daughter Veronica last Saturday. “We’re kind of reeling from it, and reliving having to hand her […]
Sports has always been big business in the United States. You may be a huge football, baseball or basketball fan, but there’s something about sports you probably didn’t know… The first sport to be filmed was boxing.
