Black students at the University of Richmond are not happy that the name of a Black newspaper editor and civil rights activist will be added to a building alongside the name of a white segregationist and eugenicist.
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The Olympics of the violin will finally be coming to Richmond this May. However, it will be in a virtual format. (Photo: Andrew Logan for VPM)
It’s known as the “Olympics for the violin.” And, like the real Olympics, the Menuhin Competition Richmond 2021, has had to make some adjustments in this case, moving to an all virtual format.
Forty four of the world’s best young violinists, including one from Virginia, will participate in the event named after Yehudi Menuhin. Competition events will be hosted by the Richmond Symphony. It was scuttled last year due to the pandemic. All but one of the same competitors from last year will be returning.
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SEATTLE, Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Born to two parents who never graduated from high school, University of Richmond President Ronald A. Crutcher has spent a lifetime navigating between worlds. First as a Black classical cellist; then as a thinker and academic who grew up to shape the futures of thousands of young people.
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I Had No Idea You Were Black, Dr. Crutcher takes readers on his journey, which unfolded against the backdrop of America s Civil Rights Movement. As a child musician, he met with Coretta Scott King. As an educator, he sat at Maya Angelou s holiday table. But it is Dr. Crutcher s success as a Black intellectual navigating highly charged social issues that makes his story both timely and unforgettable.