Mayor Levar Stoney stood under an awning on a blazing hot Monday, helping to break ground for a new wing at Richmond’s Civil War museum. Stoney was one of only a handful of African Americans at the ceremony, just two days after nearby Charlottesville had erupted in violence over a Confederate statue. “In light of… Read More »

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