Only one copy of a single issue still exists. In fact, one of the only things known about the Messenger is that in 1921, the white-dominated Charlottesville Daily Progress reprinted a Messenger ...
Virginia Democrats are once again advocating for legislation aimed at stripping tax-exempt status from several organizations linked to Richmond’s Confederate history.
A statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee was removed in September. Confederate monuments taken down in Richmond, Virginia, will likely be moved to a black history museum and cultural centre ...
RICHMOND — In the late spring of 2020, Mayor Levar Stoney stood on the steps of City Hall and faced the angriest crowd he’d ever seen. During racial justice protests the day before, Richmond ...
In June 2020, protesters in Richmond used ropes to pull down the bronze statue of Confederate leader Jefferson Davis, splashed paint on its surface and slung a toilet paper noose around its neck.
A 75-year-old tax break for the United Daughters of the Confederacy’s headquarters, and other Confederate groups, is again under challenge, after last year’s veto by Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
There is a renewed debate in Virginia over whether Confederate organizations like the United Daughters of the Confederacy should be exempt from paying certain property and real estate taxes.