The Capital Region Land Conservancy has added the richly historic property to a larger patchwork of 6,000 protected acres. These lands are also known for their ecological value.
Richmonders will rally for an important symbol of the city’s Black history Sunday afternoon at the former Richmond Community Hospital on Overbrook Road.
Virginia Union University, a historically Black university which owns the former hospital, plans to demolish the historic building and replace it with housing.
The Commission for Historical Statues has approved a full-scale clay model of Barbara Johns, a civil rights activist at a segregated high school in Prince Edward County. Pending approval by the state, the statue will later be cast in bronze and be moved into the U.S. Capitol.