The funeral service for seaman Angelina Resendiz will be held on June 27, according to a flyer put out by her family.

The emancipation took place on June 19, 1865, two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...

Smithfield, Virginia, is full of charm, with historic homes, scenic riverfront parks, quirky pig statues, local shops, and ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — A ceremonial groundbreaking will be held Thursday for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest ...

The church was originally founded in 1776. On Juneteenth, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Williamsburg to rebuild the African Baptist meeting house. Skip Navigation ...

On Sunday, the bell tower, which will chime anew after decades of silence, became a canvas on which the church’s story was told through the artistry of lights and projected images of its five ...

Former president Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in Galveston, Texas. The ex-president’s plans were ...

Once upon a time, Virginia politicians erected barriers to keep Black children and white children from sharing the same schoolhouse. Today, a new form of massive resistance would hinder this ...

Archaeologists uncovered the 18th-century Bray School site, among the first to educate Black children in the U.S., revealing its foundation and a newly found cellar.

RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) – Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears officially secured her Republican nomination for Governor of Virginia Tuesday evening. Earle-Sears, who became the Commonwealth’s ...