
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...

After 34 years of bold, community-driven journalism, the Richmond Free Press has published its final edition. Founded by Raymond H. Boone Sr., the newspaper reshaped public...

The Honorable Florine R. Clarke, a trailblazing civic leader and the first African American woman to serve on the Chesapeake City Council, has passed at 96,...

As Black History Month marks 100 years of national commemoration in 2026, the legacy of Carter G. Woodson and ASALH reminds the nation that Black history...

The NVIDIA Blackwell AI superchip is named for David Harold Blackwell, a brilliant Black mathematician whose work underpins modern artificial intelligence. His story exposes how racism...