By planning the inclusion of slaveholders and Confederates in the Women's Monument, Chelsea Higgs Wise states that Virginia is undermining what should be a triumph of inclusion. It's the 400th year since the first Africans were trafficked to the shores of Virginia,...
Our Doors Are Open and Our Lights Are On: VA Politicians Boycott Trump at the Jamestown Commemoration
From widespread boycotts to protests of Trump's speech, this year's Jamestown Commemoration didn't feel like much of a celebration. The year is 1907. President Theodore Roosevelt, in his second term, visits Norfolk, where celebrations for the 300th Term-Centennial...
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