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The Commission on African American History Education in the Commonwealth today presented its final report to Gov. Ralph Northam, the Virginia Board of Education, and other key advocates for diversity and inclusion in Virginia classrooms.
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First Lady Pamela Northam will make socially distanced and virtual visits to child care classrooms, family day homes, Head Start programs, elementary schools, and other providers that serve the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable children and families.
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Old Dominion University athletics teams will not participate in fall sports, ODU President John R. Broderick announced Monday.
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Dominion Energy has announced that Thomas F. Farrell, II, chairman, president and chief executive officer, will become the company’s executive chair, effective Oct. 1, 2020.
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Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Health System announced Wednesday that Arthur L. Kellermann, M.D., will serve as senior vice president for health sciences at VCU and CEO of VCU Health System, effective Oct. 1.
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Virginia and the southern states of the Confederacy lost the Civil War with the surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.
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With COVID-19 adding a new level of uncertainty to the college application process, being accepted to a school close to home can introduce some element of comfort into your decision.
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Marches, protests, boycotts, sit-ins: these are nonviolent tactics that work.
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Twenty newly approved state historical highway markers will address topics of national, state, and regional significance in Virginia’s African American history.
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State Sen. Jennifer McClellan launched a campaign the 2021 Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination today.
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