
Cleo Elaine Powell has made history again, becoming the first woman to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court...

Country music’s foundation runs deeper than commonly told. From DeFord Bailey’s harmonica on the Grand Ole Opry stage to the Black bluesmen who shaped Hank Williams...

Frederick McKinley Jones transformed modern life in ways most Americans never realize. From revolutionizing movie sound systems to inventing mobile refrigeration that powers today’s global food...

Long before country music became a billion-dollar industry, DeFord Bailey helped define its sound. As the first star of the Grand Ole Opry, the harmonica virtuoso...

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...

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...

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...

Long before GPS guided millions, Gladys West’s mathematical precision made it possible. The Virginia-born Navy mathematician reshaped modern navigation, proving that quiet genius can transform the...

Effie Foster Revis, now 104, has lived a century defined by faith, education, and civic courage — from graduating high school at 15 to helping reshape...

Long before GPS guided millions, Gladys West’s mathematical precision made it possible. The Virginia-born Navy mathematician reshaped modern navigation, proving that quiet genius can transform the...