Williams Carter Wickham isn’t in a lot of history textbooks. When his statue was the first to fall in Richmond last week, it left many of us wondering, “Who was that guy?” If you look at the order in which monuments are being pulled down in Richmond, they seem to be...
To commemorate Juneteenth, two excellent Richmond musicians have released a special track to celebrate the fact that "we're still here." It's Juneteenth, the annual celebration of the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned that the Civil War was...
June is Pride Month, but at a time of widespread unrest and protests, Virginia Pride is putting aside celebration in favor of focusing its efforts on supporting Virginia's black community. Virginia Pride, a local non-profit organization dedicated to bringing support...
In a time of ongoing protests over police violence, Rich Meagher examines the central cultural myth that enables the police to attain an air of authoritarian impunity on America's streets. What we are seeing is the unraveling of the myth of law enforcement. I...
Richmond’s Black Art: RVA Magazine highlights local voices responding to the BLM protest movement. Let’s take a closer look. In this time of widespread protest, the spirit of resistance has gone far beyond the daily marches and gatherings in Richmond's streets. All it...