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“We’ve been wanting to find a way to do a program like this,” Magill said. “In my own department, we have slowly been trying to diversify the curriculum and trying to get more voices of different authors from different racial backgrounds. The fact that this took fire now, of course, given everything that’s going on in the world, it’s even more essential.”
Larissa Smith, Longwood’s provost, said the program was a product of “student interest as well as faculty recognizing that there was a need.”
“Those of us who have been engaged in teaching those courses have for a long time felt we needed something in our curriculum that would allow students to explore more broadly race and ethnic studies,” said Smith, a scholar of African American and Virginia history.
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Here’s a recap of the top stories on the morning of Friday, April 23, 2021:
Gov. Ralph Northam is loosening some of the restrictions put in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus. In a video released yesterday, Northam credited a strong vaccine rollout for allowing the changes.
Virginia is now fully in Phase 2 of administering the COVID-19 vaccine. All residents 16 and older are currently eligible to get a shot. As of yesterday, over 3.5 million Virginians have received at least one dose, and over 26% of the state’s population has been fully vaccinated. Virginians can register for the vaccine online or call (877)-VAX-IN-VA.
Seventy years after students at Robert Russa Moton High School went on strike to protest substandard conditions at the school, the museum that occupies the Farmville schoolhouse will hold a special celebration marking the event and raising awareness and funds for its current mission.
âMoton Live 2021,â a 10-hour virtual celebration that will be streamed via Facebook and YouTube, will be held on Friday, April 23, and will feature panel discussions, keynote speakers and musical entertainment. Gov. Ralph Northam and state Secretary of Education Atif Qarni will appear. Keynote speakers will be Virgil Wood, church leader and civil rights activist, and Margo Lee Shetterly, author of âHidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race.â
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