
For 40 years, Ken Wright has helped shape d’Art Center’s legacy as a founding artist and champion of creative access in Norfolk. A nationally recognized abstract...

Virginia will begin placing new historical highway markers at or near lynching sites across the Commonwealth after lawmakers approved funding in the 2025–2026 budget. The initiative...

Raheema Turner Shabazz, beloved Norfolk business owner and community pillar, passed away February 14, 2026. A graduate of I.C. Norcom and Norfolk State University, she built...

Award-winning poet Nathan Richardson has delivered more than 600 powerful portrayals of Frederick Douglass, blending scholarship, spirituality, and spoken word. His upcoming Black History Month performance...

By New Journal and Guide Staff NJG Newswire Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. popularized two impactful slogans that have inspired generations of Americans: “Keep Hope Alive!” ...

Statement from the Family CHICAGO, IL With profound sadness, the family of Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., an iconic figure in the fight for civil rights,...

Lewis Latimer was more than an assistant to famous inventors. He helped secure the telephone patent, made the lightbulb practical, defended electrical patents in court, and...

The American Heart Association has promoted Jaylyn Brown to executive director for Hampton Roads, elevating a nationally recognized communications strategist whose leadership helped pass Virginia’s Cardiac...

A sharp critique of Donald Trump’s foreign policy approach argues that his nationalist doctrine and confrontational stance toward NATO allies are destabilizing the global order and...

From valedictorian at Booker T. Washington High School to the first Black Virginian to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, Leo V. Williams III built a...