This is who we're up against, folks. A Tennessee county commissioner during a public meeting on Monday used an anti-gay slur and racism to attack a Democratic presidential candidate, then insisted, as he put it, that he’s “not prejudice.” Commissioner Warren Hurst,...
Racism Doesn’t Stop at the Boards: Lessons from EVMS’ Yearbook
The yearbook image of two young men, one dressed in blackface and the other in KKK robes, is searing and ugly, reminding us of our relatively-recent and openly-racist past. That one of the young men is -- or even just could be -- Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam...
Confronting Racism: A Conversation to End Hate
This September, a nationally-recognized exhibit is coming to the Virginia Holocaust Museum to start a conversation on which lives depend. "Break Glass: The Art of V.L. Cox - A Conversation to End Hate" is a striking collection of found-object sculptures meant to shape...
“I Have a Dream” – August 28, 1963
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr delivered one of the most powerful, impactful, and gripping speeches in American history. The speech, given at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, brought around 250,000 people to Washington D.C. and in the shadow...
Anti-Racism in Action: RVA Mag’s Photo Journal from Washington, DC
This weekend, anti-racists, anti-fascists, student protesters, clergy, and everyday citizens proved that, when it counts, people will stand up against those who would seek to perpetuate violent and vile ideologies. That is not to say that the mainstreaming of white...
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