The annual African Landing Commemoration Day, organized by Project 1619 Incorporated, aims to honor the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in the United States and...
By Randy Singleton Community Correspondent New Journal and Guide HAMPTON Gov. Ralph Northam announced on Friday (Feb 19) that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In August 1619, more than 20 Africans landed at Old Point Comfort, the present-day Fort Monroe in Hampton,...
By Sheri Bailey and Steven T. Corneliussen August will bring national attention to slavery’s Virginia beginnings at Point Comfort, now called Fort Monroe where “20 and...
Fort Monroe, Virginia named after U.S. President James Monroe, holds many names and many legacies for many people. Before the fort’s establishment, it was Native American...
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