Inspired by the community effort that has artistically transformed an old abandoned building at the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground, the Defenders’ Shockoe Bottom Community Advisory Group is proposing a similar redoing of the old sandwich shop that sits at the corner of East Broad Street and the CSX railroad tracks.
Last year, the federal government charged the Uhuru 3, outspoken opponents of U.S. support for Ukraine, with acting as unregistered agents of the Russian government.
Despite the chilly, drizzly weather, another large crowd turned out today in Richmond for the latest in a series of major local marches in support of Palestine.
The Autumn 2023 issue of The Virginia Defender was published on November 8, 2023. Click here for a full PDF.
They walked, they rallied, they protested – and they got fired. Or at least that’s the way it looks, for now.
The Summer 2023 issue of The Virginia Defender was published on August 23, 2023.
Updates on the Heritage Campus and Interpretive Center portions of the Shockoe Bottom Memorial Park.
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