CHESAPEAKE The Chesapeake Branch NAACP hosted its 52nd Freedom Fund observance with a luncheon on September 16 at the Chesapeake Marriott. This year’s speaker was Attorney...
HAMPTON ROADS Journey For Success will be celebrating 10 years of supporting single mothers in Hampton Roads with its inaugural Legendary Pearls Gala & Awards on...
Submitted by Julius McCullough Emma B. Tyree, who was born on September 8, 1922, celebrated her 95th birthday on September 2, 2017 with gold balloons hovering...
NORFOLK Norfolk State University President Eddie N. Moore, Jr. will be retiring from his post as early as the end of this year. In a letter...
For three days this week, Rev. Jesse Jackson, members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus and local political leaders, held a series of rallies and forums throughout Virginia...
Congressional Democrats, led by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), the ranking member on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the...
The New York Times Magazine recently featured Circuit Court Judge Jerrauld C. Jones, one of seven young African- American males who integrated the Virginia Episcopal School...
The final public hearing in Norfolk to allow residents of three public housing communities to voice their concerns has been held. The three communities are targeted...
The way Victoria Time sees it, “African women carry too heavy a load on their heads and their backs, literally and figuratively.” The goal of her...
NORFOLK Norfolk State graduate and member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., is seeking to change the way minority students transition into college with his newly-minted...