Ken Plum: Start with a clean slate
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Taking down Confederate monuments is but one part of a continuing story in Virginia as the Commonwealth tries to come to grips with its racist history. The story is in no way a pretty one.
Search Results for Jim Crow
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Northam pledges to repeal discriminatory language in state code
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Gov. Ralph Northam is committing to repealing racially discriminatory language in the Virginia code, which, yeah, it’s hard to report on that without mentioning the blackface scandal.
Ken Plum: Learning from lessons of 1619
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Local and national news media have given broad coverage of the events last week commemorating the first African enslaved people being brought to the Virginia colony in 1619.
Northam signs executive order establishing Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law
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Gov. Ralph Northam today signed Executive Order Thirty-Two, establishing the Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law.
Ken Plum: An historic session
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As you read this column the Virginia General Assembly will be nearing its adjournment sine die for the 400th year of its existence, having first met in the church on Jamestowne Island in 1619.
Lecture explores history of the Negro Leagues
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The Waynesboro Public Library will host a program on the History of the Negro Baseball Leagues on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 11 a.m.
ACLU pushes Northam to support constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to vote
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The ACLU of Virginia is calling on Gov. Ralph Northam to champion passage of an amendment to the Virginia constitution that would guarantee the right to vote for all citizens over 18.
BackStory looks at blackface on this week’s episode
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BackStory, an American history podcast produced by Virginia Humanities, releases “The Faces of Racism: A History of Blackface and Minstrelsy in American Culture.”
Virginia congressional Democrats issue statement on Northam, Fairfax, Herring
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Virginia’s Democratic congressional delegation released the following statement on the status of Gov. Ralph Northam, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and Attorney General Mark Herring.
Waynesboro Public Library February events
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Featured events, exhibits, classes and programs at the Waynesboro Public Library in February.
