Several Radford city council members are looking to increase the amount of historical context throughout the city, particularly in predominantly Black areas.
Mayor David Horton brought up the idea at a recent city council meeting at the tail end of Black History Month after publishing a series of Facebook posts throughout February highlighting local Black history each day of the month.
âI decided to share some of the stories I knew but also to reach out to some of the people in the community that I knew had additional stories to share,â he said. âAnd so each day in February, I profiled different people and places and stories and families and everything.â