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Arthur Ashe

Black Experience, Black History, Community

Virginia Street Renamed for Tennis Legend Arthur Ashe

by WI Guest Author June 24, 2019December 21, 2021

View south along SR 110 in Arlington, Virginia (Famartin via Wikimedia Commons)

Va.’s Jefferson Davis Highway to be Renamed

by WI Guest Author May 23, 2019December 21, 2021

John Laury, an associate pastor at Union Grove Baptist Church in Buckingham County, Va., says the community has become accustomed to breathing clean, fresh air and endeavors to keep it that way. (Dorothy Rowley/The Washington Informer)

Atlantic Coast Pipeline Opponents Rally for Cause in Richmond

by WI Webstaff May 22, 2019December 21, 2021

Justin Fairfax

Fairfax Accuser Wants to Testify Before Virginia Assembly

by WI Guest Author April 2, 2019October 31, 2020

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam talks about how he was raised during an interview in the Governor's Mansion February 09, 2019 in Richmond, VA. He and Attorney General Mark R. Herring have admitted to using blackface in the past. And, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax denies sexually assaulting two women. (Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Fauntroy, Pratt Discuss Virginia’s Political Turmoil

by James Wright Jr. March 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Justin Fairfax

Virginia Lt. Gov. Fairfax Compares Himself to Lynching Victims

by WI Guest Author February 25, 2019October 31, 2020

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam talks about how he was raised during an interview in the Governor's Mansion February 09, 2019 in Richmond, VA. He and Attorney General Mark R. Herring have admitted to using blackface in the past. And, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax denies sexually assaulting two women. (Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Va. Governor Set to Launch Apology Tour at HBCU

by WI Guest Author February 15, 2019October 31, 2020

Justin Fairfax

Politics, Stacy M. Brown

Fairfax Continues to Deny, Survive Sex Assault Allegations

by Stacy M. Brown February 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax presides over the Senate at the Virginia State Capitol, February 7, 2019 in Richmond, Virginia. Virginia state politics are in a state of upheaval, with Governor Ralph Northam and State Attorney General Mark Herring both admitting to past uses of blackface and Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax accused of sexual misconduct. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

EDITORIAL: Black or White Still Matters as America Clings to Double Standards

by WI Guest Author February 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Ralph Northam

Virginia Governor’s Alma Mater to Investigate Racist Yearbook Photos

by WI Guest Author February 12, 2019October 31, 2020