Few used the term mentoring in the 1960s, when Dr. Jeremiah Williams transferred from a segregated high school in Newport News to the newly integrated James...
February 18 Seatack Civic League Will Honor Four For Black History VIRGINIA BEACH The Seatack Community Civic League will host its 3rd Annual CITYWIDE BLACK HISTORY...
RICHMOND Dominion Resources and the Library of Virginia commemorated the leadership and accomplishments of seven outstanding African-Americans during the fifth annual “Strong Men & Women in...
Submitted By Virgal Lowery Special to the New Journal and Guide School spirit never dies for the alumni of Norfolk’s Booker T. Washington High School. A...
Two presentations at the N.C. Aquarium on Roanoke Island will examine the heroic story of the all-black Pea Island Lifesaving Station and that crew’s important example...
Mrs. Evelyn Vera Fields Williams, a Norfolk native reared in the Berkley section, was born 100 years ago in 1917. What a blessing to her family...
NORFOLK Engage Norfolk was held February 12 from 1 – 5 p.m. at the Academy for Discovery at Lakewood and included workshops on how to be...
The Rev. Dr. Robert G. Murray was impressed with the church-owned school he toured at a denominational meeting in Texas; to the point that he returned...
Special to the New Journal and Guide The ICONs of Chesapeake, a vision implemented by Rev. Glenda P. Murray-Kelly in 2016, exists to acknowledge individuals during...
NORFOLK Recognition and awards to area history makers was a theme at the Norfolk Public Library during its opening weekend events February 4 and 5. On...
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