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Former Rockbridge County Regional Jail superintendent convicted of federal civil rights charges

Published date: February 3, 2021 | 9:48 pm

John Marshall Higgins, the former superintendent of the Rockbridge County Regional Jail, and a former member of the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors, was convicted yesterday on multiple charges.

House passes bill to make Office of Civil Rights permanent

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Published date: February 2, 2021 | 5:38 pm

The Virginia House of Delegates passed a landmark civil rights bill to make the Office of Civil Rights a permanent part of the Office of Attorney General.

Jones raises issue with Herring on Office of Civil Rights announcement

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Published date: January 5, 2021 | 12:20 pm

About that announcement this morning from Attorney General Mark Herring about the launch of an Office of Civil Rights: Jay Jones, who is challenging Herring for the Democratic AG nomination, says it was his idea.

Herring creates Office of Civil Rights, seeks to make it permanent feature in AG’s office

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Published date: January 5, 2021 | 9:58 am

Attorney General Mark Herring has created an Office of Civil Rights within the AG’s office, and is backing legislation to make the office a permanent feature

What are civil rights?

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Published date: September 21, 2020 | 10:28 am

Civil rights are a set of rights afforded to the citizens of a society that protect them from discrimination and repression.

How one civil rights attorney dares to defend a nation

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Published date: August 28, 2020 | 5:03 am

In the past few months in the United States, issues of civil rights have been front and center.

The legacy of civil rights icon John Lewis

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Published date: July 23, 2020 | 1:50 pm

The body of John Lewis will be laid to rest this week, but the legacy of his leadership in the Civil Rights Movement will live on.

Emory & Henry celebrates the work of women in civil rights

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Published date: January 14, 2020 | 12:10 am

Emory & Henry College will hold a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Week of Awareness Jan. 18-26 in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Northam: Civil rights restored to more than 20K Virginians

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Published date: October 9, 2019 | 3:44 pm

The Northam administration has restored the civil rights of 22,205 Virginians previously convicted of a felony since Ralph Northam took office as governor in 2018.

McEachin bill would name Hopewell Post Office after civil rights hero

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Published date: July 20, 2019 | 7:29 am

Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) introduced bipartisan legislation to name a Hopewell post office in honor of the Reverend Curtis West Harris, a civil rights hero and the first black mayor of Hopewell.

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