Sims Thompson was one of three African-Americans honored on February 3, at the City of Richmond Community Services Department’s annual Black History Month Celebration....
The determined faces of Black historical figures sit at the entrance of the Multicultural Children’s Bookstore in the newly re-named Shops at Hilltop mall in Richmond. The display of books...
Housing bias in the suburbs, like race-based segregation of renters and home-owners in post-war Richmond, was no accident, Richard Rothstein explains in his new book, The Color of Law: A...
Richmond resident Jake Sloan has authored a new book, Standing Tall: Willie Long and the Mare Island Original 21ers, that examines discrimination and inequality, including hiring opportunities, pay, and general...
My Kennedy High School reunion was a night that will be a lasting memory for me...
Could voices of ordinary citizens have stopped the internment of Japanese Americans in WWII? This is the question panelists discussed during a forum in San Francisco's focusing on how and...
Less famous but no less impressive as a narrator of local history is Andres Soto. Every few months, he conducts a “Toxics and Resilience Tour” of Richmond....
Built in 1938 as a result of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, the Richmond main post office is now at the center of a struggle between long-time residents and the...
Co-founder the Black Panther Party Bobby Seale returned to Richmond for two Black History Month events....
During its heyday (1980 – 1993), the United Negro College Fund’s Lou Rawls Parade of Stars was the largest African American special event in the United States held on one...
I love Black History Month. I just believe we can do it better....
A new exhibit at the Richmond Museum of History offers a glimpse of the party’s role in the city. The exhibit, "Richmond and the Legacy of the Black Panther Party,"...
Interview, Steve Early Bill Jennings, a Black Panther Party (BPP) activist in Richmond 45 years ago spoke to reporter Steve Early about the Panthers’ local origins and a new feature-length documentary...
By Keisa Reynolds It’s been a century since Richmond was honored at a world’s fair in San Francisco, and 110 years since the city was incorporated on August 7, 1905....
Story, Nancy DeVille | Photos David Meza They came from all over the Bay Area. Hundreds of women in navy blue coveralls, knee high red socks, black work boots and red...
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