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For a taste of holiday cheer with an old-fashioned theme, check out "Christmas in Historic Chatham on Friday and Sunday afternoon and sponsored by Chatham First. ....
Juneteenth was declared a national holiday in 2021 and on its second anniversary, the Millers were going to celebrate in style. The large, extended family invited the public to come ....
Ex Parte Virginia was the third of three cases involving African American jury service that the Supreme Court decided on March 1, 1880. James D. Coles, a Pittsylvania County judge, was indicted on February 27, 1879, for refusing to allow African Americans to serve on juries. The federal grand juries that met in Danville and Lynchburg in February and March 1879 indicted judges from the following fourteen counties for violating the Civil Rights Act of 1875 by barring African Americans from jury service: Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Franklin, Fluvanna, Henry, Nelson, Patrick (the court involved in Virginia v. Rives), Pittsylvania, and Roanoke. The federal District Court judge Alexander Rives had the judges arrested so that they could stand trial. ....