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“The moral arc of the universe not only bends toward justice, but takes an occasional twist toward irony as well”

John Fea   |  February 9, 2022

The Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia will decide the fate of Richmond’s Robert E. Lee monument. Here is Michael Paul Williams at Richmond.com: The prophesy that John Mitchell Jr. issued about the Robert E. Lee monument continues...

Glenn Youngkin’s Virginia history

John Fea   |  February 3, 2022

Washington Post writer Dana Milbank got his hands on a 7th grade Virginia history textbook used in the commonwealth’s public schools from the 1950s through the 1970s. Here is a taste of his piece: Virginia’s Glenn Youngkin opened a tip line so...

No Virginia, Frederick Douglass did not debate Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln-Douglas debates

John Fea   |  January 13, 2022

A delegate of the General Assembly of Virginia wants better citizenship education for the students of the Commonwealth. Earlier this week Wren Williams proposed a bill (House Bill 781) to amend the Code of Virginia to strengthen “student citizenship skills.”...

Another time capsule is found in Richmond’s Robert E. Lee monument

John Fea   |  December 28, 2021

They have been looking for this thing since September. Here is ABC News: After a time capsule found last week proved to be a letdown, another one has been found in the pedestal of a now-removed Robert E. Lee state...

What will happen to the Robert E. Lee statue that once stood in Charlottesville, Virginia?

John Fea   |  December 8, 2021

The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center will melt it down and turn it into a new piece of public art. Here is Eduardo Medina at The New York Times: The City Council of Charlottesville, Va., voted on Tuesday to...

Kamala Harris featured in Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s “Souls to the Polls” initiative

John Fea   |  October 18, 2021

Here is Yahoo News: Hundreds of churches across Virginia are set to air a political ad starring Vice President Kamala Harris — a move that has raised eyebrows regarding the legality of bringing political campaigns into houses of worship. Between...

Where is the Robert E. Lee time capsule?

John Fea   |  September 10, 2021

The 1887 time capsule was supposed to be buried under the recently removed Richmond, Virginia Lee monument. Here is Gregory Schneider at The Washington Post: Robert E. Lee lost his lofty perch — but he’s trying to hold on to...

Richmond’s Robert E. Lee monument will come down tomorrow

John Fea   |  September 7, 2021

Here is the Associated Press: A towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, will be taken down on Wednesday as a symbol of racial injustice, more than 130 years after it was erected in tribute to...

Liberty University will host the Virginia GOP convention

John Fea   |  February 25, 2021

Liberty is hosting a “drive-up convention” on May 8, 2021. Here is Patrick Wilson at the Richmond-Times Dispatch: After months of disagreement, the Virginia Republican Party’s governing body agreed Tuesday night on a method to nominate statewide candidates for the...

Unearthing First Baptist Williamsburg

John Fea   |  February 4, 2021

Over at Christianity Today, Dan Silliman reports on the excavation at First Baptist Church, an African-American church founded in 1776 by free and enslaved Blacks in Williamsburg, Virginia. Here is a taste: They dug up broken bits of lamp, the...

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