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...
KKK Leader Drives Truck Into Peaceful Protest
On Sunday in the Richmond suburb of Lakeside, a man named Harry Rogers drove his truck through a crowd of peaceful protesters. He turned out to be a high-ranking member of the Virginia Ku Klux Klan. A Hanover man claiming to be the highest-ranking member of the Ku...
Supporting the Black Community During Pride Month
It's Pride month, and in a time of frustration and action over police violence, local LGBTQ organizations are focusing their advocacy and support efforts on helping and uplifting the black LGBTQ community. Tear gas and pepper spray sting the eyes of protesters. Masked...
Richmond’s Wailing Wall
Rabbi Michael Knopf ponders the changing relationship Richmond's citizens have with Confederate monuments in the wake of the protests against police violence that have transformed the city. The recent wave of anti-racism protests have produced at least one tangible...
Peaceful Protest Movement In Richmond Continues To Grow
Protests around the city, and into surrounding counties, have continued on a daily basis throughout this week. Here's what it looks like on the streets. Last night, the city got a message that many of its residents have been waiting for: Governor Ralph Northam would...
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