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Sunday Story: Grave Insight - richmondmagazine com

In her new book, Hanover County author Sharon Pajka explores “Women Writers Buried in Virginia.”

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Williamsburg Museum Honors Black Coachmen of Jim Crow Era

The Black men who drove horse-drawn carriages through Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, were everywhere and invisible in the Jim Crow era.

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Sunday Story: Everybody s History - richmondmagazine com

A Richmond woman aims to preserve the schoolhouse her ancestors attended.

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Longtime Roanoke journalist and volunteer George Kegley dies at 93

George Kegley spent 42 years at The Roanoke Times as a reporter and business editor, plus countless hours as a volunteer for many community groups.

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Historic Black Children s School Receives $5 Million Grant

A foundation has given a $5 million boost to efforts to preserve a colonial-era schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black children were taught in Virginia

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