While many Americans used the holiday to kick back or play golf, others spent Martin Luther King Jr. day volunteering as part of a national day of service. In Richmond, nearly 100 volunteers used the day off to do restoration work at the East End Cemetery, a historic...
As a member of the volunteer effort, I’m happy to see stories about the ongoing reclamation of East End and Evergreen cemeteries. The story, however, needs correction. The Great Depression may have forced some African Americans to leave Richmond, but between 1930 and...