The department of African American Studies building at the university was recently renamed in honor of an enslaved Richmond man who organized a revolt intended to abolish slavery in Virginia.
Water main breakage closes road near MCV FILE: A crosswalk on Leigh Street near the MCV campus in Downtown Richmond. (Source: Wyatt Gordon/ For the Virginia Mercury) By Hannah Eason | February 6, 2021 at 12:52 PM EST - Updated February 6 at 4:39 PM
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - A water main break near VCU Health caused a road closure on Saturday, according to an alert from Virginia Commonwealth University.
The break occurred near the 500 block of N. 12th Street, near VCU Dental Care and the Tompkins-McCaw Library.
VCU Police were on scene as of 10 a.m. on Saturday, and people were asked to avoid the area.