Richmond Free Press July 23-25, 2020 edition by Richmond Free Press

City prosecutor to review Marcus-David Peters case By Jeremy M. Lazarus

and racial injustice. Demonstrators have informally renamed the grassy circle on Monument Avenue where the Confederate Lee statue stands in tribute to Mr. Peters. Members of his family and a coalition involved in the Richmond protests have Please turn to A4

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The Marcus-David Peters case is getting another look. Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette W. McEachin has begun a review of the controversial May 2018 police killing of the 24-year-old Henrico County man

and biology teacher, even as she dismissed as unfounded a set of complaints against city police officers arising from recent Black Lives Matter protests. Richmond protesters have tried to raise comparisons between Mr. Peters and George Floyd, the unarmed Black man whose May 25 killing by a white officer in Minneapolis sparked nationwide protests over police brutality

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Rep. John Lewis

A lion of the Civil Rights Movement and ‘conscience of Congress’ dies at 80 Free Press wire, staff report

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ATLANTA Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, a lion of the Civil Rights Movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a

Related stories on A7 and B3 long and celebrated career in Congress, died late Friday, July 17, 2020. He was 80. “The world has lost a legend; the Civil Rights Movement has lost an icon; the City of Atlanta has lost one of its most fearless leaders; and the Congressional Black Caucus has lost our longest serving members,” Please turn to A8

Richmond Circuit Court Judge Bradley B. Cavedo recuses himself from Confederate statue cases as formal complaint is filed against him with judicial commission By Jeremy M.Lazarus

Richmond Circuit Court Judge Bradley B. Cavedo has given up his fight to preserve the statues of racist Confederate generals in the city, potentially opening the door to removal of the biggest statue of all — the one to Robert E. Lee at Monument and Allen avenues. Stung by criticism from the Free Press and private attorneys that he has favored those seeking to preserve and protect the statues and violated a judicial requirement to be impartial, Judge Cavedo stepped aside last week from hearing any further cases involving the statues. He recused himself from the lawsuits, handing off the litigation to Richmond Circuit Court Judge W. Reilly Marchant. Still, the questionable injunctions Judge Cavedo imposed to protect the state-owned Lee statue and to block City Hall from removing any more city-owned icons of slavery defenders remained intact as of late Wednesday. Judge Marchant has scheduled a hearing on Thursday, July 23, to consider dissolving the indefinite injunction Judge Cavedo issued in June barring Gov. Ralph S. Northam from removing the Lee statue. Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring, in representing the governor, has raised concerns that the Cavedo injunction has given veto power to a private individual, William C. Gregory, a descendant of family members who donated the land where the statue stands and who cannot show any ownership interest. Mr. Herring has called that legally improper and urged that the suit brought by Mr. Gregory be dismissed and the restraining order removed so the governor can proceed to remove the statue. Complicating the issue, a group of six property owners on Monument Avenue, who previously dropped their lawsuit challenging the removal of the Lee statue, refiled it on Wednesday Please turn to A4

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Demonstrators parade past the historic Jackson Ward police-fire station on July 15 on their way to “Reclamation Revival Day 3.” Location: 200 W. Marshall St. They marched to the Richmond Coliseum for a sit-in and speeches before marching and demonstrating about 10:15 p.m. outside the West Clay Street home of City Councilwoman Kim B. Gray.

Protest appears to mix with mayoral campaign By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The race to become Richmond’s next mayor appears be bleeding into the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests. As the contest for the city’s top elected office heats up, the most notable example of the confluence of the campaign and the protests to date has been the nighttime demonstration on July 15 in front of the Jackson Ward home of a top mayoral candidate, 2nd District City Councilwoman Kim B. Gray. Supporters of a mayoral rival, Alexsis Rodgers, were highly visible at the protest, including social worker Chelsea Higgs Wise, a founder and leader of the progressive group Richmond for All that has been front and center in the local Black Lives Matter movement. Ms. Wise, whom Ms. Rodgers prominently lists as one of her endorsers, was on a bullhorn leading chants of “Shut her down” as at least 150 people blocked the

stretch of West Clay Street in front of Ms. Ms. Gray is still upset about having Gray’s home around 10:15 p.m. her home targeted. Ms. Rodgers, who has portrayed herself Printed material is being circulated to as generally backing the demonstrations and protesters on how to influence public ofas supportive of the demands for change, ficials to meet their demands. One action did not respond directly to a Free idea is to show up at a target’s Press request for comment. house, “honking in cars with a Instead, the response came band. Basically, don’t let them from Sheri Shannon, spokessleep.” woman for Ms. Rodgers’ camThe first use of the tactic paign, who stated: “We are apparently occurred June 16 running a positive campaign when more than 200 people, and have not engaged in any some armed, gathered outside malevolent tactics against CounMayor Stoney’s condo buildMs. Gray cilwoman Kim Gray or any of ing in Downtown. About 25 our opponents. Our campaign is about the protesters entered the building to try to people of Richmond. We will not stoop to speak to the mayor directly before being mudslinging.” asked to leave by security. The protest also Ms. Gray, though, remains skeptical. included loud chanting of his name and She said along with targeting her home, spraypainting tags such as “WYA Stoney?” supporters of Ms. Rodgers are openly on the building. boasting on Facebook and other social Ms. Gray said her children were home media about pulling up her campaign signs and trashing them. Please turn to A4

Richmond School Board awaits details on fall’s virtual reopening By Ronald E. Carrington

In just a few weeks, Richmond Public Schools will be starting a new school year – virtually. How it will all take place has been a hot topic — and a challenge — for Richmond teachers, parents and students since the Richmond School Board voted July 14 for schools to reopen only for virtual learning in the fall because of the threat of COVID-19. At a meeting Monday night, Richmond School Board members peppered the administration about the mechanics and procedures for virtual learning, as well as how effective the first semester will be for the school system’s diverse student population of 24,000. Superintendent Jason Kamras tried to

quell concerns, noting that the fall semester will be much more like RPS’ SummerCamp@Home, the summer education virtual programming. He said the administration’s goal is to Mr. Kamras have a comprehensive reopening plan for the board at its Monday, Aug. 3, meeting. The plan will focus on providing additional Chromebook laptops for students and teachers and a range of digital learning platforms, as well as teacher training and student expectations for the semester. RPS has distributed 16,000 Chromebooks and 6,000 WiFi hotspots to RPS families without computers or internet

access. “In the fall, we’re going to provide a Chromebook to every RPS student, regardless of economic need,” Mr. Kamras told the board. “This will make everything easier for students, families and teachers.” Board members expressed concern about whether teachers will have adequate training in online teaching before classes begin. Dr. Tracy Epp, RPS’ chief academic officer, presented the administration’s system of teacher professional development — how to work in a virtual environment — that started in June and will continue through August. Additional sessions will be scheduled during the school year. “Virtual training focuses on technical Please turn to A4

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Comfort spot Akenji Joseph, 2, clings to his mother, Kamala Bhagat, as the two joined a socially distanced crowd of about 100 people last Sunday for the final porch concert of Plunky & Oneness in the city’s West End. Please see more photos, B2.

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Grace Street once again is open in front of Richmond Police Department’s Headquarters at 200 W. Grace St. Left, concrete barriers filled with gravel Slices of life and scenes blocked traffic beginning around June 16. Above right, the barriers were removed last weekend, enabling westbound traffic to move past the building again. The in Richmond barriers were put in place after Black Lives Matter protesters squared off with police several nights, resulting in officers firing tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowds. The concrete barriers were installed after the tires were slashed on dump trucks that initially were used as barriers and the front door to the headquarters building was damaged. New Police Chief Gerald M. Smith authorized the barriers to be removed after the front door was fixed and most of the trucks were removed. Before the installation, the department put high priority on protecting the building after a Minneapolis police building was torched following the police killing of George Floyd on May 25 in Minnesota. Also prompting the barriers was a rumor that protesters would attempt to ram the building with a tractor-trailer. No attempt was made.

VSU may have to repay up to $12M for alleged misuse of federal grant By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Virginia State University may have to ante up for a financial problem that appears to be growing. While the school is on track to close a potential $26 million hole in the current budget that went into effect July 1, VSU still faces a potential $12 million bill for allegedly impropMr. Davenport erly spending federal and state funds earmarked for the College of Agriculture’s extension and research programs. For some, there is concern that the issue could affect VSU’s ability to meet some of the standards set by the school’s accrediting agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and possibly bring on a SACS review. Kevin Davenport, VSU’s vice president of finance, so far has acknowledged only that VSU “owes approximately $2.47 million to NIFA (the National Institute of Food and Agriculture), which relates to the results” of past audits dating back six years. That money is now due, according to NIFA officials. Mr. Davenport advised the VSU Board of Visitors at a recent meeting that the matter is on hold because of the pandemic, but he is to meet with NIFA officials in October to discuss repayment. However, internal VSU documents the Free Press obtained show that the $2.47 million repayment, accumulated between 2014 and 2017, could just be the tip of the iceberg. The documents indicate that in fiscal years 2017, 2018 and 2019, VSU did not follow guidelines in spending $4.8 million in NIFA grant funds. The documents state that amount also must be repaid. Fiscal years run from July 1 to June 30 at VSU. The documents also indicate VSU would need to repay NIFA a total of $7.28 million for money that was spent for items between fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2019, including the $2.47 million that Mr. Davenport disclosed. In addition, the documents indicate VSU separately needs to refund $4.26 million in state funds that were used to provide the required match of NIFA funds from fiscal year 2015 through fiscal year 2019. The problem since 2017 primarily relates to VSU’s creation of the Center for Agricultural Research, Engagement and Outreach in the College of Agriculture to expand its footprint. Dr. G. Dale Wesson, VSU’s vice president for research and economic development, established the center. He has not responded to a request for comment. The documents show the center relied on NIFA grant funds and state matching funds to pay salaries and award grants to support various research projects in fiscal years 2017-18 and 2018-19. However, the center’s use of those federal and state funds was not allowed under the terms of the NIFA grant, including money used for salaries. That was the finding of Dr. M. Ray McKinnie, director of VSU agriculture extension, and Dr. Wondi Mersie, associate dean of agriculture and director of research/interim extension administrator, the documents state. In 2019, Dr. McKinnie and Dr. Mersie reviewed the center’s work and reported the situation to VSU President Makola M. Abdullah, who shut down the center, according to the documents. Adding to the problem, the documents indicate VSU has not submitted required financial reports to NIFA for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and NIFA is threatening to cut off VSU’s access to current NIFA funds until they receive the reports. The internal documents indicate that as of mid-May, VSU has not started preparing the reports. Mr. Davenport told VSU’s board that he was not clear why so much of the university’s spending did not meet NIFA criteria. He said he plans to meet with Dr. McKinnie and Dr. Mersie to find out. “It’s a complicated issue,” Mr. Davenport told the board. But “it needs to be addressed.”

Census estimate shows city population growth, but lag in people returning forms By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The U.S. Census Bureau estimates Richmond’s population surged past 230,000 on July 1, 2019, for the first time in at least 45 years. But confirmation of the population growth is proving difficult as too many Richmond residents are failing to participate in the 10-year national population count that will actually determine the number of people living in Richmond and localities across the country. As of July 16, the Census Bureau reported that only 57.2 percent of the estimated 90,000 households in Richmond had taken part in the count. That’s nine percentage points below the 66 percent participation rate for households statewide. At the time, Richmond ranked 92nd for census participation among Virginia’s cities, counties and towns. That ranking was the third lowest among the 14 localities in the Richmond-Petersburg metro area, with only Hopewell and Petersburg doing worse. The state capital’s low level of participation reflects the struggle the census is facing to get the count completed by the end of the year. Already, there is concern that the Census Bureau will use inaccurate estimates to try to finish on time – virtually ensuring an undercount, according to experts in the field. Seeking to pump up interest in the count, census officials ignored the brutal heat and led a vehicle parade Saturday through African-American and Latino neighborhoods in South Side, North Side and the East End. The purpose: To encourage people to complete their census form and ensure the city gets its full share of state and federal funding that is based on the census count. Radio One personality Clovia “Miss Community” Lawrence, the Victory 7 Mustang Club and the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club took part along with members of the Richmond Alumnae Chapter of Delta

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Sonya Beaver, 50, left, waves with her mother, Helen Beaver, 78, as a U.S. Census parade passes by on Clarkson Road in South Side on Saturday. The parade, featuring cars and motorcycles from the Victory 7 Mustang Club and the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club, was to encourage city residents to complete and return their census forms.

Sigma Theta Sorority, census spokeswoman Latasha R. Chambers stated. The federal government relies on the 10-year count to distribute funding for everything from public schools and public transit to social services and is the primary information used to draw new election districts for City Council and the School Board as well as for General Assembly and congressional offices. According to the newly released census estimate, Richmond had 230,436 people living within its 60 or so square miles in 2019, the most since around 1975. The last census showing more than 230,000 people was taken in 1970 when nearly 250,000 people were counted after a controversial annexation of a portion of Chesterfield County — a number that quickly began falling. The latest estimate represents a 1 percent increase from July 2018 when the city’s population was estimated at just more than 228,000 people. Richmond’s population bottomed at around 197,000 people in the 1990s and has been growing ever since. Since

Dominion Energy announces $25M in grants to HBCUs Richmond-based Dominion Energy has announced it will provide $25 million in grants to historically black colleges and universities over a six-year period. The state’s largest energy provider also announced a $10 million scholarship fund to aid African-American, Latino and other young people from under-represented groups seeking a college education. The company on July 16 announced the new initiative aimed at racial healing, but provided few specific details on either program, stating those would be released later. “We all know there are no actions or words that will immediately heal the hurt caused by 400 years of institutional racism,” Thomas

F. Farrell II, Dominion’s chief executive officer, stated in the announcement. “But since early June, we have seen signs of change and growth,” he continued. “Our country is moving forward. We are moving forward, too. This initiative is a recognition of the important role played by these institutions in African-American advancement and the importance of education as an equalizer in society.” He stated the new program is in addition to a recent $5 million commitment that Dominion Energy and the company’s charitable foundation made to support social justice, community reconciliation and rebuilding.

2010, when the Census counted 204,375 residents, the Census Bureau estimates the city has added 26,000 residents, an increase of 12.8 percent. However, the growth in population has reduced the percentage ofAfrican-Americans living in Richmond. African-Americans now represent 47.8 percent of the city’s population, the Census Bureau estimates, a decline of nearly 10 percentage points from 2010. Latinos represent about 6.7 percent of the city’s population and Caucasians 40 percent, with the balance being mostly Asians or those reporting two races. Despite the population growth, the Census Bureau continues to estimate that one in four Richmond residents live in poverty. In the metropolitan area, Chesterfield County continues to be the population leader. The Census Bureau estimated Chesterfield added about 4,300 new residents since July 1, 2018, to push its population to a new record of 352,802 as of July 1, 2019. The bureau notes that Chesterfield County is increasingly diverse, with one in four residents being African-American and one in 10 being Latino. About 60 percent are Caucasian. Henrico County’s population growth rate continues to trail Richmond and Chesterfield. The latest census estimate suggests Henrico added about 1,560 people in the past 12 months, bringing the county’s population to 330,818, also a new record. Between 2010 and 2019, the Census Bureau estimates Henrico’s population has grown 7.8 percent, compared with 11.6 percent for Chesterfield and 12.8 percent for Richmond during the same period. Henrico County also has seen increased diversity, according to the Census Bureau. Caucasians make up 52 percent of Henrico’s population and African-Americans 30 percent. Of the remainder, about 10 percent are Asian and about 6 percent are Latino, according to the bureau’s data, with other ethnic and racial groups making up the rest.

3 inmates, 2 staffers at city jail test positive for COVID-19, numbers higher in Henrico By Jeremy M. Lazarus

At least three inmates and two staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus at the Richmond Justice Center, Richmond Sheriff Antionette V. Irving disclosed Tuesday. Sheriff Irving stated that the infected residents and personnel are in quarantine and that more testing is being scheduled. At this point, the city jail appears to be facing a smaller problem than the Henrico County Jail where one in five residents tested positive for COVID-19. In the state prison system, one in 20 inmates tested since March has the virus, state officials reported. Sheriff Irving’s disclosure followed her statement Monday to the Free Press that none of the 99 residents tested positive on July 6 for COVID-19. However, in response to a Free Press query, the

sheriff stated on Wednesday that during a weekly walkthrough of the jail after July 6, several residents “presented minor symptoms and were tested.” The results of those tests were positive. The sheriff stated that the larger round of testing, Sheriff Irving done with the support of the Virginia National Guard and state Health Department, was conducted to provide “a representative sample of the inmate population to determine if further tests or actions would be necessary to maintain safety.” She also noted that the Justice Center is following the recommendations of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when it comes to wearing masks, social distancing, frequent hand washing, temperature checks and increased sanitiz-

ing and cleaning on a daily basis. Last week, Henrico Sheriff Alisa A. Gregory reported that 125 inmates have tested positive for the virus out of 650 inmates tested, mostly at the overcrowded Parham Road jail. None have had Sheriff Gregory to be hospitalized. Six staff members also have tested positive among the 270 jail employees, she said. Most of those testing positive are asymptomatic, with eight inmates having mild symptoms, Sheriff Gregory noted at a July 15 news conference. Another 393 inmates refused testing, she said. Henrico County Manager John A. Vithoulkas said testing is being done weekly at the jail, and the sheriff has imposed new limits on visitation to reduce the spread.

The state Department of Corrections reported 1,544 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 since mid-March, or nearly 6 percent of the total state prison population of nearly 28,000. Of those infected, 13 died, the department stated. The inmates testing positive were at 17 facilities, with the bulk of the cases at Buckingham, Dillwyn, Greensville, Haynesville and Lawrenceville correctional centers and the Sussex II State Prison, the department stated. The prison system saw an initial spike but now reports only 30 active cases of the virus among inmates. The department also provided early release to nearly 600 inmates with 12 months or less remaining on their sentences. In addition, 101 staff members working at 18 state correctional facilities have tested positive, the department stated, but none have died, according to the department. The department employs 11,363 people.

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night and are expected to ask Judge Marchant to combine their suit with the one filed by Mr. Gregory. The property owners’ claim is that removal of the Lee statue would reduce their property values in an area designated as an historic district by city, state and national registries. Judge Marchant, in his first test on Tuesday, declined to overrule his colleague and kept intact a separate 60-day injunction Judge Cavedo issued on July 16 barring City Hall from removing any additional Confederate statues it owns. Judge Marchant noted that lawyers for the city and Mayor Levar M. Stoney have appealed the case to the state Supreme Court, and he declined to do his own review of whether the plaintiff in that case, identified only as “Anonymous,” should have veto power over city actions. Meanwhile, the state Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of the injunction ahead of a scheduled Richmond City Council vote on Monday, Aug. 3, to authorize removal under a new state law. David P. Baugh, concerned over the way Judge Cavedo has handled the statue litigation before stepping aside, has filed a complaint with the state Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, or JIRC, seeking the judge’s removal from the bench for allegedly violating two judicial canons governing impartiality. Mr. Baugh cited the fact that Judge Cavedo lives just a block away from where the Confederate statues stood, as well as other evidence he believes shows that Judge Cavedo, who previously served on JIRC, has presented views incompatible with the requirement to be impartial. Mr. Baugh wrote in his complaint that “Judge Cavedo has clearly not accepted” the restrictions on his speech and conduct that are imposed to support the appearance of judicial impartiality. “It is evident that Judge Cavedo continues to suffer from his bias and prejudices articulated as a student at the University of Richmond,” Mr. Baugh concluded. “He must not be allowed to remain as a member of the judiciary.”

Free COVID-19 testing Free community testing for COVID-19 continues. The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations: Thursday, July 23, 4 to 6 p.m., Randolph Community Center, 1415 Grayland Ave., West End. Saturday, July 25, 9 to 11 a.m., Fairfield Middle School, 5121 Nine Mile Road, Eastern Henrico County. Tuesday, July 28, 9 to 11 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m., Southwood Apartments Property Management Office, 1400 Southwood Parkway, South Side. In case of rain, moved to Tuckahoe Middle School on July 30. Thursday, July 30, 9 to 11 a.m., Tuckahoe Middle School, 9000 Three Chopt Road in Western Henrico County. People are advised to bring an umbrella in case of inclement weather or to use as shade from the sun while waiting in line. Appointments are encouraged by calling the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Walk-up testing will be offered while test supplies last. The Chesterfield Health District is hosting free testing for those who are uninsured or underinsured at the following location: Wednesday, July 29, 5 to 7 p.m., Crystal Lake Apartments, 3501 Meadowdale Blvd. Testing is limited, with some walk-up testing available. People with COVID-19 symptoms should make an appointment for testing by calling the Chesterfield Health Department at (804) 318-8207. The Virginia Department of Health reported 1,022 new positive cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, pushing the statewide total to 80,393. State officials also reported a total of 7,351 hospitalizations and 2,051 deaths in Virginia from COVID-19. African-Americans make up 21.9 percent of the positive cases and 24.6 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is reported, while Latinos comprise 40.8 percent of the cases and 11.5 percent of the deaths. Because of the continuing high number of daily positive cases in Virginia, which have ranged from 900 to more than 1,000 new cases daily during the last several days, Virginia was added to a hot spot quarantine list of 31 states whose residents must go into quarantine for 14 days if they travel to New York, New Jersey or Connecticut.

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matters as well as other teaching skills,” Dr. Epp told the board. “Most importantly, this includes how to use Google Classroom, as well as how to keep students engaged during online instruction.” The training will be for teachers and substitutes. Dr. Epp said the school district also will provide virtual technical training for families in an effort to have them support their students during the fall semester. As during the traditional, in-person school year, teachers will be expected to work their normal hours while performing all their responsibilities, Mr. Kamras confirmed. A student will have a live virtual teacher, which is critical, giving instruction and guiding them through the day’s lessons, he said. The lessons may include assigning small group instruction from a pre-recorded project or independent reading. Mr. Kamras also acknowledged that students cannot be on screen all day, so class schedules are being developed with breaks, independent and off-screen time for students to read physical books provided by the district. “Students are expected to attend all virtual classes, complete all assignments on time,” Mr. Kamras said. “They will be graded and report cards will be issued as normal.” School Board Vice Chair Cheryl Burke, 7th District, raised the question of how

teachers will accommodate specific, individualized services for special needs students. She asked Dr. Epp to address this in detail at the next School Board meeting. Child care is another top worry for parents, especially

for front line workers with children in RPS. Mr. Kamras said that, after numerous conversations and communications with district residents, the administration is recommending a “pod” concept where a very small group of families would

work together to help each other with child care. He said the administration is in conversation with the city and nonprofit organizations to partner for help on the child care front.

Chesterfield schools to reopen with online learning in the fall; Henrico leaning toward virtual option By Ronald E. Carrington

also supported a fully virtual school opening this fall to keep students, teachers, staff and Chesterfield County Public Schools is fol- their families safe from possible exposure lowing Richmond’s lead, approving reopening to COVID-19. this fall for virtual learning only. While some parents favored virtual-only At a special School Board learning, others wanted in-person meeting Monday, the Chesterfield classroom instruction this fall, School Board approved an online citing the better emotion and reopening plan by a 4-1 vote. mental health of students to be Earlier in the day, Chesterfield attending traditional classes and Schools Superintendent Mervin the possible negative impact on B. Daugherty expressed his supyoung, low-income, minority and port for a virtual start for the first disabled students to have online semester. instruction only. Dr. Cashwell The board considered other In Henrico County, no decision has hybrid options, including in-person classes been announced yet on a fall reopening plan. for all students and a mixed schedule where Henrico Schools Superintendent Amy E. students are in class half the time and learn Cashwell said on Monday, however, that she from home the other half. will recommend a 100 percent virtual start During the four-hour meeting, the board for the 2020 school year. She will make heard presentations from county health de- that recommendation at Thursday’s Henrico partment officials and from officials in the School Board meeting. Chesterfield County Department of Risk Dr. Cashwell said her recommendation Management and the school administration aligns with the Henrico County School Board’s speaking to about the benefits of virtual desire to prioritize health and safety, and is learning and health considerations during the result of an intense examination of all this time of COVID-19. learning approaches while monitoring current The Chesterfield Education Association health conditions in the region.

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during the protest outside her home and were traumatized by the noise and yelling of a crowd that included people openly carrying firearms. Ms. Gray, who is African-American, said the demonstrators also frightened neighbors in the historically Black neighborhood. It is “truly sad that recent events in Richmond have reached the point that individuals are threatened in their own homes. Apparently, some have come to believe they can intimidate citizens asleep in their beds,” Ms. Gray said. She said she is open to talking policy with people willing to voice their opinions, but, she added, “There is simply no place in our city for the politics of fear. The right to protest does not include the right to frighten children, senior citizens or anyone.”

Ms. Gray, vice chair of City Council’s Public Safety Committee, also was critical of police for failing to intervene to enforce laws barring the kind of protests that took place outside her home, including having protesters block a public street, stating that “a Mayor Gray would not allow this to happen.” In an official statement, the Richmond Police Department reported that it monitored the protest from its beginning around 7 p.m. at the Richmond Coliseum to its arrival at Ms. Gray’s home. “The group was closely monitored for any actions that would have threatened public safety,” according to the police statement. Ms. Gray disputed the account. She said that she and her neighbors never saw any police cars or noted any police presence in response to calls. According to the department, officers established telephone contact with Ms.

Gray and maintained it through the protest, which it said lasted 15 minutes. Ms. Gray said that the only advice police could offer was to stay indoors for her own safety. She said the protest lasted at least 30 minutes. Just as during the demonstration at Mayor Stoney’s residence, no arrests were made. The police response in both cases stood in marked contrast to the police response on June 26 to the sit-in demonstration in front of the South Side home of Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette W. McEachin and her husband, Congressman A. Donald McEachin. At that demonstration, police arrested 15 people, including 11 who were charged with violating a state law that bars picketing of a private residence — a law that was not applied to those gathered in front of Ms. Gray’s home or at Mayor Stoney’s residence.

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made reopening his case a top demand, along with defunding the Richmond Police Department. Amid the continuing protests, Mrs. McEachin, the city’s top elected prosecutor, confirmed to the Free Press last Friday that she plans to read through the file that was compiled in the wake of the fatal police shooting of Mr. Peters. However, Mrs. McEachin stated that her action does not mean the case would be reopened. Instead, she stated she needs to read the information before coming to any decision about whether to change the conclusion of her predecessor, former Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael N. Herring. After a two-month probe, Mr. Herring found that Michael Nyantakyi, the AfricanAmerican police officer who fatally shot the naked and unarmed Mr. Peters, acted justifiably. The officer began a vehicle chase of Mr. Peters after Mr. Peters sideswiped several cars as he drove toward the entrance of Interstate 95 on Belvidere Street near Downtown. According to the report, Mr. Peters climbed out of his car window, ran onto the interstate and was struck by a car, then danced and rolled around in the traffic lane as vehicles slowed around him. When he noticed Officer Nyantakyi, he threatened to kill the officer and charged

at him, screaming expletives. Officer a widely circulated video falsely portrayed Nyantakyi shot Mr. Peters only after his the incident. She also found that a police officer who Taser failed to fully connect and subdue Mr. Peters. The incident lasted about 19 sprayed pepper spray on an individual on June 1 did so after the person began throwing seconds. Separately, in five initial complaints water bottles at him and other officers. Mrs. McEachin found that allegations reviewed by Mrs. McEachin about police actions during the recent protests, that an officer had a white supremacist tattoo on his arm and that another Mrs. McEachin reported that had painted herself in blackface the evidence did not support also were false, based on the any criminal charges. More evidence she collected. complaints are being reviewed, In a separate release, Mrs. however, including allegations McEachin noted that since that police tear-gassed peaceful 2016, the Richmond Police demonstrators nearly 30 minutes Department has referred 53 before a city curfew took effect cases involving police actions on June 1. I n o n e i n c i d e n t , M r s . Mrs. McEachin to the prosecutor’s office that McEachin labeled as inaccurate the were regarded as serious enough to be claim that a Richmond Police officer considered for criminal charges. Of the 33 cases reviewed to date, Mrs. “deliberately drove through a crowd and struck multiple people near Allen and McEachin stated that 17 were dismissed Monument avenues” during a demonstra- after a determination that the officer did not tion on June 13. Based on a review of break the law. Another 12 cases ultimately at least four videos of the incident, she were dismissed because the complainant stated evidence shows the officer, who refused to testify or there was a lack of was driving a police SUV, did nothing trial evidence. Of the four remaining cases, one was wrong and that the only people who came in contact with the vehicle were dropped by the officer and the complainant those who put their hands or bodies on and two were rejected by the Richmond Grand Jury. Only one police officer, the vehicle themselves. Mrs. McEachin also found video evi- Lance T. Falkena, has been indicted for dence disproved that a Richmond officer excessive use of force during a December spit on a handcuffed protester on July 1, 2019 incident. He is now scheduled for confirming a previous police statement that trial in August.

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Judge Cavedo and no more regrets Judge Bradley B. Cavedo did the right thing by removing himself from further involvement with cases concerning the Confederate statues along Monument Avenue and in Richmond. He had many apparent conflicts of interest, including glaringly that his residence is just blocks from where the J.E.B. Stuart statue stood and he possibly could stand to benefit — or lose — from any decision regarding the statues. While he has recused himself from these cases, Judge Cavedo and his actions, his comments from the bench and his past writings call into question his biases about African-Americans and people of color and raise serious questions about whether he can fairly impart justice should he remain on the bench. Already, at least one noted Richmond attorney has filed a complaint against Judge Cavedo with the state’s Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission about his impartiality. The entire episode highlights the need for better vetting — and unmasking — of candidates being considered for judgeships in Virginia. Too often, state judicial nominees, who ultimately are voted on by members of the Virginia General Assembly, can be depended upon to mete out justice with one eye on the law and the other eye winking in deference to the “old boy network” that put them on the bench. Others are afraid of rocking the boat for fear of not getting re-elected to the bench when their term is up. Sen. Mark R. Warner, a Democrat, put Judge Cavedo on the bench in 2002 when he was governor, despite Judge Cavedo’s long and well-known ties to Republicans and right wing GOP views. He was appointed to fill a vacancy on the court, with the legislature confirming the appointment in electing him in 2003 to his first eight-year term. In court hearings on the Monument Avenue statue cases, Judge Cavedo called the recent Richmond protests against police brutality and racial injustice “a revolution” and sharply rebuked Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney about the need to “restore law and order to the city” from “rioters.” Unfortunately, we know of conservative Democrats who also hold the same disgusting views as Judge Cavedo. None of them should be appointed to a judgeship. We call on members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, legislators of conscience within the Virginia General Assembly and progressives around the state to thoroughly review the candidates for judgeships before we are stuck down the road with regrets.

Honoring Rep. John Lewis Congressman John Lewis was an inspiration. Despite being arrested more than 40 times, beaten and bloodied by police, Ku Klux Klan members and bigots, he never gave up the fight for civil rights, voting rights and equal justice in this nation. His lifetime dedication and action in the streets and in Congress leave a legacy that benefits all of us and offers a lesson for all to emulate. Rep. Lewis left Richmonders with numerous pearls of wisdom last year when he spoke at the June 22, 2019, dedication of the new Arthur Ashe Boulevard. At the time, he recounted one story about the bloody fight for the right to vote that we share here: Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press “When I was growing up Rep. John Lewis and working in the heart of 1940 - 2020 the Civil Rights Movement, people had to count the number of bubbles on a bar of soap (in order to vote), the number of jelly beans in a jar. People stood in immovable lines. “We no longer have to count the number of jelly beans in a jar. No longer do we have to count the number of bubbles on a bar of soap because somebody somewhere at some time gave a little blood. “And during this season that’s coming up, none of us – and it doesn’t matter whether we are Black or white, Latino, Asian American or Native American, straight or gay — we must turn out and vote like we never ever voted before. “Our democracy is in trouble — deep trouble. We must save our democracy and save our country. We can do it. We must do it.” You only have to read, watch or listen to the news for a few days to understand the peril facing our nation and our democracy under the current regime in Washington: • Federal storm troopers, under the command of the president, sent to round up protesters from the streets in Portland, Ore., with the president threatening to order them to do the same in Chicago, New York, Boston and other major cities. • The U.S. Postal Service being cut, which is expected to hamper the anticipated large volume of absentee ballots from people voting by mail. • Plans from the White House to block new federal money for coronavirus testing, tracing and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. • Threats by the U.S. secretary of education to cut federal funds from public schools if they don’t open for in-person classes. As Rep. Lewis said, our democracy is in trouble — deep trouble. We urge Richmonders and people across Virginia and the nation to honor Congressman Lewis’ legacy by voting this November.

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Keeping land in the family As Virginia and America continue the long overdue work of addressing structural inequity, our Commonwealth has taken one significant step toward fixing a leading cause of loss of land and wealth for African-Americans. This week in Rockingham County, Gov. Ralph S. Northam formally signed a new, bipartisan law to help families that own heirs’ property. Heirs’ property refers to land that has been passed down informally from generation to generation. In most cases, it involves landowners who died without a will or failed to probate a will within the state’s timeframe and the land is owned “in common” by all of the heirs, regardless of whether they live on the land, pay taxes or have ever set foot on the land. Tenants-in-common are vulnerable because opportunistic real estate speculators often acquire a share of heirs’ prop-

erty in order to file a partition action and force a sale, often at a price well below fair market. Such action not only can evict family members living on the property, it can deplete a family’s inherited wealth in the process. Heirs’ property disproportionately impacts middle- and low-income families and communities that do not have access to affordable legal services to Sen. Jennifer L. McClellan

protect their property rights and the families’ inherited wealth. Because the proportion of African-Americans lacking a will is more than double the rate among white Americans, Parker C. Agelasto

heirs’ property continues to be a leading cause of Black involuntary land loss. The new legislation, which became law on July 1, was patroned in the state Senate by Sen. Frank M. Ruff Jr., RMecklenburg County, with copatron Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, and patroned in the House of Delegates by Delegate Patrick Hope, DArlington, and co-patroned by Delegate Michael Webert, R-Rappahannock County. It

enacts a collaborative solution that was developed by a dedicated work group during the last year and a half that studied the unjust impacts on Virginia heirs’ property owners. It had unanimous support in both chambers. Over 50 years during the height of segregation and Jim Crow, the number of Black-owned farms in the entire United States dropped by 95 percent from 900,000 in 1920 to under 46,000 in 1974. Shortly thereafter, the rate of development accelerated. According to a new report released last month from the American Farmland Trust, 339,000 acres of agricultural land in Virginia was converted to urban and low-density residential development between 2001 and 2016. Researchers at Auburn and Tuskegee universities estimate there are 150,000 to 175,000 acres of heirs’ property owned by people of any race or ethnicity in the 36 mostly rural, Southside counties in Virginia valued at $650 million. Today, those heirs will have the property rights they deserve. This due process is a step in correcting a wrong that has hurt middle- and low-income communities for far too long. It is just one step in making laws that protect the legal and

When John Lewis met Malcolm X in Kenya In his book, “Malcolm X: The FBI File,” Dr. Clayborne Carson wrote about a first-time meeting between Brother Malcolm X and a young John Lewis while both were traveling in Africa in October 1964. The goal of Mr. Lewis and his fellow civil rights warrior Donald Harris was to make African students more aware of what the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, was doing in the ongoing war against white supremacy in the United States. After they secured a meeting with Brother Malcolm, Dr. Carson recalls Mr. Lewis as saying “ ... He felt that the presence of SNCC in Africa was very important and that this was a significant and crucial aspect of the ‘human rights struggle’ that the American civil rights groups had too long neglected. He pointed out (and our experience bears him correct) that the African leaders and people are strongly behind the Freedom

Movement in this country; that they are willing to do all they can to support, encourage and sustain the Movement, but they will not tolerate factionalism and support particular groups or organizations within the Movement as a whole. It was

A. Peter Bailey with this in mind that (Brother Malcolm) formed his Organization of Afro-American Unity. Discussion also centered around Malcolm’s proposed plan to bring the case of the AfroAmerican before the General Assembly of the United Nations and hold the United States in violation of the Human Rights Charter. The question was at that time (and ultimately was evident) that support from the civil rights voices in this country was not forthcoming and the American Black community was too plinted (sic) to attempt such a move without looking like (complete) asses and embarrassing (our) most valuable allies. We departed with Malcolm giving us some contacts and the hope that there would be a greater com-

munication between the OAAU and SNCC. On Feb. 21, 1965, the Sunday he was assassinated, Brother Malcolm told several of us who were backstage with him that he had accepted an invitation to speak at a SNCC rally in Jackson, Miss., during the upcoming week. I strongly believe that invitation resulted from his meeting with John Lewis in Kenya. Rep. John Lewis in the 1960s was not an “American” hero as cited repeatedly by cable news hosts and their guests in the days following his death. He was an African-American warrior who, in the 1960s, put his life on the line in the ongoing war against white supremacist terrorists, especially in the former Confederate states of America. During that time, the lives of John Lewis and other warriors were as much in danger as those of soldiers who were fighting in the Vietnam War. That’s what we should teach our children. The writer is an author and journalist based in Washington.

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rightful interest of all people and keeps land in the family to build multigenerational wealth rather than have it destroyed or taken away. In passing this partition of property legislation, Virginia has demonstrated that our Commonwealth can work together to take significant policy steps that address long-standing racial inequity. Sen. McClellan represents the state Senate’s 9th District, which includes most of Richmond, all of Charles City County and parts of Henrico and Hanover counties. Mr. Agelasto is executive director of the Capital Region Land Conservancy.

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President Obama on the death of Congressman John Lewis Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: Former President Obama issued the following statement last Saturday on the death of Rep. John Lewis of Georgia. It stands in stark contrast to that tweeted by the current occupant of the White House. â&#x20AC;&#x153;America is a constant work in progress. What gives each new generation purpose is to take up the unfinished work of the last and carry it further â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to speak out for whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right, to challenge an unjust status quo, and to imagine a better world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;John Lewis â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one of the original Freedom Riders, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the youngest speaker at the March on Washington, leader of the march from Selma to Montgomery, Member of Congress representing the people of Georgia for 33 years â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not only assumed that responsibility, he made it his lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work.Â He loved this country so much that he risked his life and his blood so that it might live up to its promise. And through the decades, he not only gave all of himself to the cause of freedom and justice, but inspired generations that followed to try to live up to his example. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Considering his enormous impact on the history of this country, what always struck those who met John was his gentleness and humility. Born into modest means in the heart of the Jim

Crow South, he understood that he was just one of a long line of heroes in the struggle for racial justice. Early on, he embraced the principles of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience as the means to bring about real change in this country, understanding that such tactics had the power not only to change laws, but to change hearts and minds as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In so many ways, Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life was exceptional. But he never believed that what he did was more than any citizen of this country might do. He believed that in all of us, there exists the capacity for great courage, a longing to do whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right, a willingness to love all people, and to extend to them their God-given rights to dignity and respect. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because he saw the best in all of us that he will continue, even in his passing, to serve as a beacon in that long journey toward a more perfect union. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I first met John when I was in law school, and I told him then that he was one of my heroes. Years later, when I was elected a U.S. Senator, I told him that I stood on his shoulders. When I was elected President of the United States, I hugged him on the inauguration stand before I was sworn in and told him I was only there because of the sacrifices he made. And through all those years, he never stopped providing wisdom

and encouragement to me and Michelle and our family. We will miss him dearly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fitting that the last time John and I shared a public forum was at a virtual town hall with a gathering of young activists who were helping to lead this summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demonstrations in the wake of George Floydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death. Afterward, I spoke to him privately, and he could not have been prouder of their efforts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of a new generation standing up for freedom and equality, a new generation intent on voting and protecting the right to vote, a new generation running for political office. I told him that all those young people â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of every race, from every background and gender and sexual orientation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they were his children. They had learned from his example, even if they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know it. They had understood through him what American citizenship requires, even if they had heard of his courage only through history books. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not many of us get to live to see our own legacy play out in such a meaningful, remarkable way. John Lewis did. And thanks to him, we now all have our marching orders â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to keep believing in the possibility of remaking this country we love until it lives up to its full promise.â&#x20AC;?

Judge Cavedo should be removed

Re â&#x20AC;&#x153;Questions swirl around judge,â&#x20AC;? Free Press July 16-18 edition: Judge Bradley B. Cavedo sits on the Richmond Circuit Court daily determining the guilt and sentences for criminal defendants. In 1977, while the editor for the editorial page of the campus newspaper at the University of Richmond, The Collegian, Judge Cavedo, then a student, wrote an article indicating his desire to leave the United States because of then-President Jimmy Carterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan to â&#x20AC;&#x153;allow the parasites of this nation to become the dominating force in politics.â&#x20AC;? He went on to note that these â&#x20AC;&#x153;parasitesâ&#x20AC;? were only desirous to garner â&#x20AC;&#x153; â&#x20AC;Ś $10,000 (in) welfare, food stamps, etc.â&#x20AC;? The entire editorial can be

found at https://collegian.richmond. edu/?a=d&d=COL19770421.2.14&e=------en-20--1--txt-txIN------No citizen charged with a crime should have to be judged by someone who might have viewed that defendant as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;parasiteâ&#x20AC;? and desired to strip that citizen of his or her right to vote. To protect the integrity of the Virginia judicial system and Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s citizens, Judge Cavedo never should sit on a court and should be removed from that position and banned for life. DAVID P. BAUGH Richmond The writer is a former federal prosecutor and veteran criminal defense attorney.

Reaching out Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a volunteer for an environmental organization. Like many similar organizations, the great majority of our leaders are white, middle-aged or older and middle class or better. Of course, this is not representative of Virginia. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve tried to increase the diversity of members and leaders for years but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult. We truly embrace equity, inclusion and justice. These are fully integrated in our culture for staff and volunteers. We emphasize environmental justice in our work. For example, we highlighted the injustice of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline because they wanted to build a large, noisy, toxicsspewing compressor station in the predominantly African-American community of Union Hill in Buckingham County. We take seriously environmental justice impacts with our other major campaigns, too. This will remain a priority. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a lot of Black friends and know

itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unreasonable to ask them to speak on behalf of all â&#x20AC;&#x153;people of colorâ&#x20AC;? when I have a question. I wrote thisÂ letterÂ because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re grappling with how to adjust our role as our nation addresses systemic racism. What can we do to be legitimately antiracist? I recently learned this word and want to embrace the imperative it demands. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no question that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll continue to champion environmental projects that impact communities of color and low-income neighborhoods. This is a core strength. We understand polluting projects were put near these communities on purpose and that these folks are overburdened with a myriad of health problems because of the resulting dirty air, water and land. What else do you think we must do in this urgent moment? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to hear your ideas.

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Rep. John Lewis, a lion of the Civil Rights Movement and ‘conscience of Congress,’ dies at 80 Continued from A1

members of the CBC said in a statement released last week. Rep. Lewis “remained devoted to the philosophy of nonviolence in his fight for justice and equality, even to this day, as America faces another reckoning with racism and hundreds of thousands around the world spark a modern-day Civil Rights Movement against police brutality and racial injustice.” Tributes poured in honoring Rep. Lewis, from Democrats and Republicans alike, as well as from people across the nation who, while they did not know the congressman personally, said their lives have been impacted by Rep. Lewis’ fight for voting rights and equal rights. An impromptu memorial has sprung up in Atlanta under the 65-foot-high mural of Rep. Lewis that towers over the city’s Sweet Auburn district. People left flowers, notes, candles and other tributes to Rep. Lewis, the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who were instrumental in organizing and participating in the landmark August 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called him “one of the greatest heroes of American history.” “All of us were humbled to call Congressman Lewis a colleague, and are heartbroken by his passing,” Speaker Pelosi said. “May his memory be an inspiration that moves us all to, in the face of injustice, make ‘good trouble, necessary trouble.’ ” Rep. Lewis announced in late December 2019 that he had been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. “I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now,” he said at the time. The announcement of his death came just hours after the death of the Rev. C.T. Vivian, another civil rights leader, who died early last Friday at 95. His wife of four decades, Lillian Miles Lewis, died in 2012. They had one son, John Miles Lewis. Funeral arrangements are expected to be announced later this week. Rep. Lewis will be forever linked in history and memory for leading about 600 protesters in the Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in March 1965. At age 25, walking at the head of the march with his hands tucked in the pockets of his tan overcoat, Rep. Lewis was knocked to the ground and beaten by police. His skull was fractured. Nationally televised images of the brutality forced the country’s attention on racial oppression in the South. Within days, Dr. King led more marches in Alabama, and President Lyndon Johnson soon was pressing Congress to pass the federal Voting Rights Act. The bill became law later that year, removing barriers that had barred Black people from voting. “He loved this country so much that he risked his life and its blood so that it might live up to its promise,” former President Obama said in a statement upon learning of Rep. Lewis’ death. “Early on, he embraced the principles of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience as the means to bring about real change in this country.”

Rep. Lewis was the youngest speaker at the March on Washington, where Dr. King delivered his epochal “I Have a Dream” speech. A 23-year-old firebrand, Rep. Lewis toned down his intended remarks at the insistence of others, dropping a reference to a “scorched earth” march through the South and scaling back criticisms of President Kennedy. It was a potent speech nonetheless in which he vowed: “By the forces of our demands, our determination and our numbers, we shall splinter the segregated South into a thousand pieces and put them together in an image of God and democracy.” Rep. Lewis also served as the keynote speaker in Richmond at the June 2019 dedication of the newly renamed Arthur Ashe Boulevard. He was warmly embraced by the crowd of thousands attending the ceremony outside the Virginia Museum of History & Culture. Rep. Lewis spoke then about his childhood, his bloody encounter as a Freedom Rider in 1961trying to beat back segregated bus transportation and terminal waiting rooms in small Southern towns and cities and the need, still, for change in the nation. “I try to speak through actions,” he told the Richmond crowd. He said it’s time for young people and others to get in “good trouble, necessary trouble” to “change things for the better.” Rep. Lewis was born on Feb. 21, 1940, outside the town of Troy in Pike County, Ala. He grew up on his family’s farm and attended segregated public schools. As a boy, he wanted to be a minister, and practiced his oratory on the family chickens. Denied a library card because of the color of his skin, he became an avid reader and could cite obscure historical dates and details even in his later years. He was a teenager when he first heard Dr. King preaching on the radio. They met when Rep. Lewis was seeking support to become the first Black student at Alabama’s segregated Troy State University. He ultimately attended the American Baptist Theological Seminary and Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn. He began organizing sit-in demonstrations at whites-only lunch counters and volunteering as a Freedom Rider, enduring beatings and arrests while traveling around the South to challenge segregation. Rep. Lewis helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, known as SNCC, and was named its chairman in 1963, making him one of the Big Six at a tender age. The others, in addition to Dr. King, were Whitney Young of the National Urban League; A. Philip Randolph of the Negro American Labor Council; James L. Farmer Jr., of the Congress of Racial Equality; and Roy Wilkins of the NAACP. All six met at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York to plan and announce the March on Washington. The huge demonstration galvanized the movement, but success didn’t come quickly. After extensive training in nonviolent protest, Rep. Lewis and the Rev. Hosea Williams led demonstrators on a planned march of more than 50 miles from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama’s capital, on March 7, 1965. A phalanx of police blocked their exit from the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. Authorities shoved, then swung their truncheons, fired tear

gas and charged on horseback, sending many to the hospital and horrifying much of the nation. Dr. King returned with thousands, completing the march to Montgomery before the end of the month. Rep. Lewis turned to politics in 1981, when he was elected to the Atlanta City Council. He won his seat in Congress in 1986 and spent much of his career in the political minority. After Democrats won control of the House in 2006, Rep. Lewis became his party’s senior deputy whip, a behind-the-scenes leadership post in which he helped keep the party unified. In June 2016, Rep. Lewis led House Democrats in 26-hour sit-in on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to push for federal gun control legislation in the wake of a mass shooting at an Orlando night club in which 49 people were killed and 53 others were wounded. He also worked for 15 years to gain approval for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Humble and unfailingly friendly, Rep. Lewis was revered on Capitol Hill. But as one of the most liberal members of Congress, he often lost policy battles, from his effort to stop the Iraq War to his defense of young immigrants. He met bipartisan success in Congress in 2006 when he led efforts to renew the Voting Rights Act, but the U.S. Supreme Court later invalidated much of the law, and it became once again what it was in his youth, a work in progress. Later, when the presidency of Donald Trump challenged his civil rights legacy, Rep. Lewis made no effort to hide his pain. He refused to attend President Trump’s inauguration, saying he didn’t consider him a “legitimate president” because Russians had conspired to get him elected. When President Trump later complained about immigrants from “s---hole countries,” Rep. Lewis declared, “I think he is a racist ... we have to try to stand up and speak up and not try to sweep it under the rug.” Rep. Lewis said he’d been arrested 40 times in the 1960s, five more as a congressman. At 78, he told a rally he’d do it again to help reunite immigrant families separated by the Trump administration. “There cannot be any peace in America until these young children are returned to their parents and set all of our people free,” Rep. Lewis said in June. “If we fail to do it, history will not be kind to us,” he said. “I will go to the border. I’ll get arrested again. If necessary, I’m prepared to go to jail.” In a speech the day of the House impeachment vote of President Trump, Rep. Lewis explained the importance of that vote. “When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something, to do something. Our children and their children will ask us ‘What did you do? What did you say?’ We have a mission and a mandate to be on the right side of history.” In 2011, Rep. Lewis was honored by then President Obama with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and they marched hand in hand in Selma on the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday attack in 2015.

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Sports Stories by Fred Jeter

The R-word:

George Preston Marshall was a his heritage throughout his life and an hateful bigot when it came to African- FBI investigation and legal prosecuAmericans. tion in Spokane, Washington, in June Yet he seemed to have an affection 1919 based on his assertions about for Native Americans. his bloodline. Which brings us to the R-word. Dietz had been a highly successThe NFL franchise in ful coach at Haskell Indian Washington recently bid a Nations University in Lawlong-overdue adieu to its rence, Kan. Before that, he derogatory and offensive played beginning in 1907 team name. with the great Jim Most agree now the RThorpe at Carlisle word had to go. But how did Indian Industrial it ever become the team’s School in Pennmoniker? sylvania, until In 1932, Marshall headed George Preston 1 9 1 2 w h e n Marshall a group of investors who he became an purchased the Boston Braves as an assistant to Carlisle’s NFL expansion franchise. The team noted Coach Glenn “Pop” was called the Braves because it played Warner. at Braves Field, sharing a facility in Both Haskell and Carlisle were New England with the Boston Braves national powerhouses at the time. baseball team. To avoid confusion with the baseThe football Boston ball team in Boston, the Braves went 4-4-2 in 1932 Boston Braves football team and Coach Lud Wray was changed its name to the Rlet go. That opened up the word when it moved across coaching door for William town in 1933 to Fenway Henry Dietz, who was Park. The Boston Braves nicknamed “Lone Star” and baseball team later moved claimed to be part Sioux. and became the Atlanta However, a series of Braves. Coach Dietz articles in 2004 in Indian It also helped from a Country Today exposes Dietz as a financial standpoint that the football white man masquerading as a Native team’s name change was to a similar American. An article published in Native American name so that Marshall 2013 in Montana: The Magazine of could maintain the same uniforms using Western History also details Dietz’s the same Indian head logo. background, his various claims about Marshall passed on such names as

“Indians” and “Warriors” because he deemed them too common. Another factor may have been alliteration. The football team shared Fenway Park with the Boston Red Sox. The R-word kind of went along with Red Sox. Coach Dietz did not come alone to Boston. Three Native American stars from his Haskell teams also joined the roster. They were Louis “Rabbit” Weller, “Chief” Larry Johnson and John Orien Crow. At Haskell, the team played what many described as “Indian football,” a more wide open and flamboyant style that appealed to Marshall. Haskell had been regarded as the “Powerhouse of the West” while taking on the likes of Texas and Nebraska. Several others from Haskell were invited for a tryout but did not make the final cut. Dietz’s farewell season at Haskell in 1930 produced a 9-1 record and national ranking. Marshall considered it a major coup to sign the highly regarded coach. The NFL was just getting started in those days and selling tickets wasn’t easy. College football remained far more popular. To spark interest in the Boston team, Marshall played up the Native American image. Dietz went so far as to wear a full Native American headdress for the first home game.

More college football shaken up by COVID-19 College football continues to take a beating from the coronavirus. Norfolk State and Hampton universities won’t be playing football this fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, or MEAC, of which Norfolk State University is a member, has canceled all fall sports for 2020. Big South Conference member Hampton University independently has announced the cancellation of all sports this fall, while other Big South affiliates are taking a wait-and-see approach. In the case of NSU and HU, there is optimism that football, a traditional fall sport, can be moved to the spring, with practices likely starting in February and games in March, April and May. Earlier in July, the CIAA made a similar announcement, canceling football for the fall. CIAA members include Virginia Union and Virginia State universities. Also pulling the plug on fall football is the Colonial Athletic Association, or CAA, which includes the University of Richmond, the College of William & Mary and James Madison University. JMU is among schools searching for a way to play an independent schedule this fall.

It remains unclear if there will be any NCAA playoffs for a spring season. NSU and Hampton compete in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, or FCS. Virginia Union and Virginia State are in the NCAA Division II. The Atlantic Coast Conference, or ACC, which is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision, or FBS, has yet to make an announcement about its fall sports. ACC schools include the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech. Also holding out so far is the NCAA Division III Old Dominion Athletic Conference, including Randolph-Macon College in Ashland and Hampden-Sydney College near Farmville. High school fall football is in much danger, too. The Virginia High School League will make an announcement Monday, July 27, regarding football and other fall sports. The Old Dominion Athletic Conference, which includes Randolph-Macon College in Ashland and Hampden-Sydney College near Farmville, announced Tuesday that fall sports are suspended through the end of 2020. As with the colleges, there is a possibility high school football could be moved to the spring.

Baseball picks up new ‘traditions’ under coronavirus The Major League Baseball season is generally a marathon, with a grinding 162-game regular season schedule. This year, the season will more resemble a sprint, thanks to COVID-19. Teams will play a 60-game regular season schedule with a number of rules changes. For example: No fans in the stands, but teams may use “real reaction” faux sounds. No spitting on the field, but chewing gum is OK. Strict rules on social distancing in dugouts and bullpens. Baseball is back Rosters will expand from the — sort of traditional 25 to 26. The much delayed For the first time, National 2020 Major League League teams will use a desigBaseball season begins nated hitter. Thursday, July 23, with an Regional play only. For East Coast-West Coast example, the AL East will only doubleheader. play AL East rivals and parallel The New York Yankees NL East opponents. play the Washington Players will receive full pro-ratNationals, 7:08 p.m. ed salaries based on 60 games. The San Francisco Giants play the Los Angeles Three-batter minimum for Dodgers, 10:08 p.m. pitchers to face, or until the Both games will be inning ends. televised on ESPN. There will be no games in Other teams begin play Toronto because of a Canadian Friday, July 24. government decree. The Toronto Blue Jays will play “home games” in either Buffalo, N.Y., or at its Florida spring training site. The regular season will end the last week of September, to be followed by playoffs leading to the World Series. Questions? No telling at this juncture how any positive test results for COVID-19 among players may affect the action as the season progresses. Bottom line: Baseball is a game of tradition, but it will be anything but traditional in 2020.

How the Washington NFL team’s name came to be Others on the team, Native American and Caucasian alike, were asked to appear in full Native American regalia for promotional photos. Marshall also may have been influenced to choose the name by the 1929 Paramount Studios movie by the same name that was filmed in innovative Technicolor and depicted Native Americans in a favorable light. Under Coach Dietz, Boston went 5-5-2 in 1933 and 6-6 in 1934. He left after two seasons and the entire franchise moved to Washington in 1937. In D.C., Marshall’s true colors regarding race came into focus. Washington was last franchise in the NFL — or the NBA or MLB — to integrate and hire African-American players in 1962. And even then, the move to integrate came grudgingly and may not have happened if the team hadn’t moved into taxpayer-funded D.C. Stadium, later renamed Robert F. Kennedy Stadium. Relentless pressure had been placed on Marshall by the Washington Post and the federal government, specifically U.S. Secretary of the Interior Stewart

Udall. The team played in D.C. in the privately owned Griffith Stadium, along with the Washington Senators baseball team. Marshall, who died in 1969, was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 1963. He maintains that honor, but his name recently was deleted from Washington’s Ring of Fame at FedEx Field, where the team currently plays in Landover, Md. Marshall, a native of West Virginia, was born in 1896 and stuck in his ways. He feared flying and never learned to drive. He did much to promote professional football in Washington and turn the franchise into a highly successful business venture with a legion of loyal fans. He has a list of “good deeds” to his credit, but picking the R-word as the team’s name isn’t on it.

Kamaru Usman defends MMA welterweight title on ‘Fight Island’ Fight fans who admired boxer Floyd Mayweather are likely to have an appreciation for Kamaru Usman. The 33-year-old Nigeria native Usman is fast emerging as the Mayweather of Mixed Martial Arts. Mayweather posted a 50-0 record in the ring, utilizing a strategy built more on defense and finesse than brutality. It’s much the same with Usman, who is quick to admit “I’m no bar fighter.” Known as the “Nigerian Nightmare,” Usman successfully defended his Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title on July 11 with a methodical and unanimous decision over Jorge Masvidal. The bout was held on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi and seen worldwide on Pay-Per-View. Rather than trade punches and kicks—and likely blood, Usman relied on five takedowns and pinning his opponent to the canvas. Masvidal spent some 10 minutes of the fiveround fight on his back, trying to fend off the muscular and relentless Usman. Call Usman boring, if you must. But call him champion. His MMA record is now 17-1, with 16 straight victories. His only loss came back in 2013. Despite his domination inside the Octagon, Usman has been criticized for not being more vicious in a sport with a “caveman mentality.” “We’re risking our lives out there,” Usman said in his post-fight news conference. “What’s the point of going in there and just slugging and trading punches? People may want to see a bar fight ... but you train to make people miss, to control them in a certain way.” Since 2015, nine of Usman’s 12 victories have come via decision rather than knockout or submission. Usman moved from Nigeria with his family to Texas when he was 8. His wrestling career

began at Bowie High School in Arlington, Texas, where he posted a 53-3 record. From there, he became the 2010 NCAA Division II champion at 174 pounds for the University of Nebraska-Kearney. He has taken the well-crafted wrestling skills learned in high school and college to the pro ranks. Those talents have provided him a clear advantage in the Octagon once the MMA scrap goes to the canvas. Mayweather dominated boxing for some 20 years, earning the nickname “Money” and “TBE” – The Best Ever. Usman’s nickname was actually a “handme-down” from former football star Christian Okoye, the original “Nigerian Nightmare.” Usman asked for and was granted permission from Okoye to use the moniker. MMA fans may not have to wait too long to see Usman in action again. He is likely to defend his title before the end of 2020 against Brazilian Gilbert Burns. With six straight wins and a record of 19-3, Burns was scheduled to fight Usman in Abu Dhabi, but was forced to withdraw after testing positive for the coronavirus. Floridian Masvidal, who fashions himself as the “Baddest Man on the Planet,” took the fight on short notice. Meanwhile, Usman relishes his image as the “Mayweather of the Octagon.” “There was a time when people started hating Mayweather because he was so dominant because his defense was so good,” Usman said. Goes to show if you’re skilled enough, you don’t have to break noses, rearrange jaws and turn the canvas blood red to wear the champion’s belt.

Tony Taylor, first Black All-Star with the Philadelphia Phillies, dies at 84 Tony Taylor, the first Black All-Star to play for the Philadelphia Phillies, has died of complications from a stroke. He was 84. Mr. Taylor grew up on a sugar plantation in Cuba and was living in Delaware at the time of his death. He stayed close to his Phillies’ “family” throughout his retirement years as a minor league coach and manager. The skilled infielder signed a pro contract at age 18 and spent 19 seasons in the big leagues, from 1958 to 1976. He was with the Philadelphia Phillies 15 of those seasons and was among the franchise’s all-time fan favorites. A1960 National LeagueAll-Star, Mr. Taylor accumulated 2,007 hits, scored 1,005 runs and stole 234 bases in 2,195

games on the major league level. John Kennedy is credited with being Philadelphia’s first Black player, but the infielder played in only five games during the 1957 season. Mr. Taylor also was among the first Afro Latinos to make the big leagues. The first was Minnie Min͂oso with the Cleveland Indians in 1949. After his retirement as a player, he became a coach for the Phillies from 1977 to 1979, and again from 1988 to 1989. He also served as a coach for the Florida Marlins from 1999 to 2001 and again in 2004. In addition to being in the Phillies Hall of Fame, Mr. Taylor is in the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame and Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame.

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Personality: Martha Franck Rollins Spotlight on board chair of Coming To The Table RVA From growing up on Plantation Road in segregated Martinsville to co-founding a nonprofit striving to confront and heal the legacy of slavery and racism, the life of Martha Franck Rollins has been long, eventful and transformative — and it’s far from its final chapter. Mrs. Rollins, 77, serves as board chair of Coming To The Table RVA, the Richmond branch of the national Coming to the Table organization that focuses on racial justice and equality. It’s just one of many roles she has taken on during a life that began immersed in a “Lost Cause” ideology. “We seek to move our city toward justice, compassion, mercy and forgiveness, love, peace and nonviolence,” Mrs. Rollins says. CTTT RVA was started in 2014 by Mrs. Rollins and Danita Rountree Green after several “listening lunches” that brought together their Black friends and white friends to discuss race and racism. “We heard about the national group, liked its approach of truth in history, intentionally connecting across racial divide, taking steps to heal generational trauma and taking actions to change systems and stories,” Mrs. Rollins says. “And so we began to share our stories.” CTTT RVA has become the largest of 42 local Coming To The Table groups across the nation. It also is the only local chapter formally incorporated as a nonprofit organization. Mrs. Rollins and Ms. Green served as co-CEOs of the nonprofit until earlier this year. CTTT RVA’s work focuses on multiple pillars that “provide

stability for our mission of racial healing,” according to Mrs. Rollins. Its activities include “circles,” focused on movie and book discussions, monthly dinner gatherings, as well as circles centered on reparations, food and hospitality. Special monthly events and various occasions are held throughout the year at area museums and the Library of Virginia. In typical times, some of these events attract 200 to 400 people from the community. But with COVID-19, the circles meet via Zoom to continue their work. A second book circle is set to launch next month. Local churches and organizations have reached out to CTTT RVA to assist them in talking about race. Mrs. Rollins sees this as evidence of a “hopeful” racial climate that has driven many white people to greater awareness and action when it comes to racial inequality. For Mrs. Rollins, who knows first hand the journey to recognizing and fighting structural racism, it’s a different and difficult path to take, but one that doesn’t have to be walked alone and will pay great personal and community dividends. “We’d love to hear your story,” Mrs. Rollins says. “Together, we can work to heal the deep wounds of enslavement and racism.” Meet a relationship builder and seeker of truth and racial justice, and this week’s Personality, Martha F. Rollins: No. 1 volunteer position: Board chair, Coming To The Table RVA (2020-2021). Previous volunteer positions: Founder and CEO of Boaz & Ruth from 2002 to 2013.

it spawned. The organization “values the sharing of personal, family and community stories as a powerful vehicle for uncovering history, building relationships, healing wounds and inspiring action.”

Date and place of birth: March 22 in Martinsville. Current residence: Richmond, near Thomas Jefferson High School. Education: Bachelor’s and master’s in teaching, Duke University. Family: Husband of 54 years, Randy Rollins, founder of nonprofit Drive To Work; children, Ginny Rollins, Will Rollins and Betsy Rollins Euler; and five grandchildren. What is Coming To The Table RVA: Started in 2014, it is the Richmond chapter of the national Coming To The Table, which was founded at Eastern Mennonite University in 2006. Our local chapter holds the national vision, mission and approach, especially as it relates to Richmond. Goal of CTTT RVA: To heal wounds of the legacy of enslavement and the racism that

Profile of CTTT RVA members: All are welcome at our table. We welcome all who wish to join CTTR RVA in honoring and committing to these principles: Respect, tolerance, honesty, truthfulness and transparency. We seek to move our city toward justice, compassion, mercy and forgiveness, love, peace and nonviolence. Our “office” is our website and all the gathering places where we met around the city before and expect to after COVID-19. Visit our website and sign up for our newsletter and various circles and events — www. comingtothetable-rva.org. Why I am involved in CTTT RVA: Looking for our first house in Richmond in 1969, my husband Randy and I asked to see one near Byrd Park. The Realtor said, “You don’t want to live there. It’s a changing neighborhood.” I really didn’t know what he meant but I knew from his look that “a changing neighborhood” was code for describing what he thought was bad. We bought the house anyway. When we moved in on Jan. 27, 1970, the Realtor highlighted what a good house it was and warned us that crime would rise, values would drop, property would become run down and in five years, we would want to move.

That night, I remember lying in bed, hearing fearful voices. Nope, I thought, I can choose a different path. We joined the newly formed Carillon Civic Association and began meeting neighbors, making new friends, including Black friends. We worked together to become a stable neighborhood with the slogan and the lived value that “good neighbors come in all colors.” Together, the civic association founded Arts In the Park to publicize this vision since most Realtors were still in a neighborhood-flipping mindset. And I learned that our Realtor spoke a truth. It was indeed a changing neighborhood because it changed me. Just as the Carillon neighborhood changed me through the friendships I developed, Coming To The Table RVA provides an opportunity for folks to develop deep friendships across racial barriers that still exist in large part due to housing policies set 70 years ago. Today’s racial climate: Seems hopeful. The tragic murder of George Floyd opened white people’s eyes to what we often looked away from. Change in our ways of thinking, being and doing requires that white people see and acknowledge structural racism in the United States. White privilege is: The advantage historically and currently given to white people in housing, jobs, education and access to capital. The cumulative result of being white impacts wealth, health and safety. The color of a white person’s skin often determines a person’s treatment in stores, by police, in schools. I can’t deny it, but by acknowledging it, I can try to use it to open doors for others.

Black Lives Matter is: A powerful and important movement waking up Americans to the inequities and injustices in our country. It is a scream against individuals and systems that deny the full humanity of African-Americans. And it is a shout of affirmation of Black success, of presence, of resilience, of souls that matter. How I start the day: Happy, hopeful, thinking, listening and looking. Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: Forge new trails through the woods using large clippers and a small electric chainsaw. I am influenced by: The tapestry of people in my life, truly an “underground railroad” of people helping me leave the plantation. I have not reached the total freedom of Canada. I am still on a journey of learning new ways of thinking, being and doing and still helped on my way by numerous people, books and experiences. Books that influenced me the most: “Stamped from the Beginning” and “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi, and “The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism” by Edward E. Baptist. What I’m reading now: “Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights” by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe. My next goal: To press on. To listen carefully, look intently, love deeply and live fully. Make new friends. Make thoughtful and courageous decisions. Strengthen the CTTT RVA board by deepening relationships, creating board circles and adding new members.

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Maggie L. Walker Day of Service Arthur Ashe statue located on Monument Avenue.

Ashe statue to stay put Free Press wire report

The late Maggie L. Walker was honored with a Day of Service last Saturday in commemoration of what would have been her 156th birthday. The noted businesswoman and activist who lived in Jackson Ward was the first African-American woman in the nation to charter a bank and become its president. The National Park Service, which preserves her home at 110½ E. Leigh St. as a national historic site, and the city Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities, sponsored the day, which drew volunteers to help with a variety of community projects. Volunteers Nia Brown, front, and Ebonee Henry pick up litter in the 500 block of Brook Road, while others work on a fence mural of Mrs. Walker outside the Calhoun Family Investment Center in Gilpin Court.

On Richmond’s Monument Avenue, the collection of towering statues honoring Confederate veterans was interrupted by one noticeably different: A monument to hometown tennis legend and human rights activist Arthur Ashe Jr. The Ashe statue seemed safe from defacement during recent protests in the city over racism and police brutality when protesters covered Confederate statues with graffiti and pulled down a Performers include: The coronavirus can’t stop the show. statue of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States The 2020 Festival of Arts, the annual during the Civil War. Corey El (R&B) on Friday, July 24 summer entertainment festival sponsored But after someone painted “White Lives Matter” on the base of Susan Greenbaum (Folk/Pop) on by the Richmond Department of Parks, the late Mr. Ashe’s statue, city officials considered a request from July 31 Recreation and Community Facilities and Mr. Ashe’s family to temporarily remove the statue to protect it. A Festival Frolic (Dogwood Dell typically held at Dogwood Dell AmphitheBut Mr. Ashe’s nephew said on July 10 that the statue isn’t Musical Revue) on Aug. 7 ater, has gone virtual. going anywhere. City Dance Theatre on Aug. 14 Weekly live performances will be streamed “It’s not going to be taken down,” David O. Harris Jr. said. Kadencia (Afro-Puerto Rican) on on the department’s Facebook page at www. Mr. Harris said he contacted Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s ofAug. 21 facebook.com/rvaparksandrec/. fice last month about taking down the statue until the unrest in The 40-minute sets will be held online 7 Details: http://www.richmondgov.com/ Richmond calmed down. p.m. each Friday through Aug. 21. Parks/index.aspx or (804) 646-5733. Mr. Harris said the request was a “contingency plan” only during the height of the protests over the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, when there were almost nightly clashes between police and protesters, and the Ashe family Sunday was a day to remember and a finale for noted saxophonist J. Plunky worried that the statue would be Branch. The soulful musician has been giving solo porch concerts outside his home damaged or someone would try on Rosewood Avenue near Byrd Park in the city’s West End for the past 90 days. to topple it. The concerts helped lift the spirits of neighbors, friends and others during the coro“We were just considering it navirus pandemic. On Sunday, Mr. Branch celebrated his birthday with a final porch at the height of the protesting so concert, which drew about 100 people who set up lawn chairs along the shady street that if any credible threats came and median to enjoy the music of Plunky & Oneness, his group. Below left, Mayor through, Mayor Stoney had the Levar M. Stoney presented him with a proclamation and a key to the city. leeway to do it without having any pushback from us if he felt the need to take it down,” Mr. Harris said. Jim Nolan, the mayor’s press secretary, said in response that Photos by Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press the mayor is “going to listen to the family” and not remove the statue. On July 1, Mayor Stoney ordered the immediate removal of all city-owned Confederate statues in Richmond, the former capital of the Confederacy. He invoked his emergency powers, citing the ongoing civil unrest and concerns that protesters would get hurt if they tried to pull down the enormous statues themselves. The only Confederate statue that remains on Monument Avenue is a memorial to Gen. Robert E. Lee located on state property. Gov. Ralph S. Northam ordered that statue’s removal last month, but it has been at least temporarily blocked by a lawsuit. Free Press wire report suggest he was more interested legal but heavily discouraged, Mr. Harris said he believes in disseminating a message than suggesting he would promote a his uncle’s statue “stands for In his first rally for his lastwinning the presidency. policy as president that anyone everything the people are work- minute presidential campaign, “Freedom does not come who gives birth to a child be ing for right now.” rapper Kanye West ranted against from an election. The freedom given $1 million “or something Mr. Ashe, a Richmond na- abortion and pornography, argued comes from you not loading up in that family.” tive, was denied access to ten- policy with attendees and at one the pornography. The freedom He referred to the Bible and nis courts as a child because point broke down in tears during comes from you not taking the Christian teachings multiple of segregation. He went on to rambling remarks Sunday at a Percocet,” he said at one point. times, and broke down in tears become the first Black player Charleston, S.C., wedding venue According to published re- at one point while describing selected to the U.S. Davis Cup and convention center. ports, Mr. West needed 10,000 how he was nearly aborted by team and was the only Black Mr. West, 43, a former supsignatures by noon Monday to get his parents and said his wife, man to ever win the singles title porter of President Trump, on the ballot in South Carolina reality TV star Kim Kardashian at the U.S. Open, Wimbledon has left voters befuddled over as an independent candidate for West, insisted on having their and the Australian Open. He whether his campaign is genuNovember’s presidential contest. daughter, North, “even when also was well-known for his ine, a publicity stunt to help sell But officials said neither Mr. I didn’t want to.” work to promote education and albums and merchandise, or an West nor a representative for “The only thing that can civil rights, to oppose apartheid effort to undercut Democratic his campaign filed any petitions free us is by obeying the Lauren Petracca Ipetracca/The Post And Courier via Associated Press in South Africa and to raise candidate Joe Biden’s support with signatures to the South rules that were given to us awareness about AIDS, the among young Black voters in Kanye West makes his first presidential campaign appearance, Carolina Election Commission for a promised land,” he said. disease that eventually killed Southern states who traditionally Sunday, July 19, in North Charleston, S.C. Mr. West delivered by the deadline. “Abortion should be legal bea lengthy monologue touching on topics from abortion and him in 1993. vote Democratic. His name will appear on cause guess what? The law is religion to international trade and licensing deals. Mr. Ashe’s statue was placed In remarks that lasted just over the ballot in Oklahoma as an not by God anyway, so what on Monument Avenue in 1996, an hour, Mr. West denounced health following the event. on local television stations, did independent candidate. Only a is legality?” but only after much debate. “Harriet Tubman never actu- little to clarify whether Mr. West $35,000 filing fee was required abortion, swore, called on random The event carried few simi“If we’re going to put up a members to speak, appeared to be ally freed the slaves. She just is genuinely attempting to win in that state. larities with typical polished statue of somebody, let’s put putting forward policy proposals had the slaves work for other the presidency. The campaign In South Carolina, Mr. West candidate events. The venue up a statue of somebody that on the fly, and made comments white people,” he said at one he launched with a July 4 tweet appeared on stage with “2020” appeared to lack audience stands for equality, that stands that left even those in attendance point when discussing economic already has missed several shaved into the back of his head microphones, so Mr. West for education, all the things muttering in disbelief. deadlines to appear on key state and wearing what appeared repeatedly told the crowd to be inequality. that my uncle held true,” Mr. The event, which was lives- ballots. Some on social media questo be a military-style vest. He silent so audience members he Harris said. At times, he even seemed to argued that abortion should be called on could be heard. tioned the status of his mental treamed on YouTube and carried

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Rev. C.T. Vivian, Freedom Rides organizer and key adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95 Free Press wire report

ATLANTA The Rev. C.T. Vivian, an early and key adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who organized pivotal civil rights campaigns and spent decades advocating for justice and equality, died Friday, July 17, 2020, the same day as fellow civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis of Georgia. The 95-year-old Rev. Vivian, a former interim president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference that Dr. King cofounded, began staging sit-ins against segregation in Peoria, Ill., in the 1940s â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a dozen years before lunch counter protests by college students made national news. He met Dr. King soon after the budding civil rights leader spearheaded the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, and helped translate ideas into action by organizing the Freedom Rides that forced federal intervention across the South. Rev. Vivian boldly challenged a segregationist sheriff while trying to register Black voters in Selma, Ala., where hundreds, then thousands, later marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can turn your back now and you can keep your club in your hand, but you cannot beat

down justice. And we will register to vote because as citizens of these United States we have the right to do it,â&#x20AC;? Rev. Vivian declared, wagging his index finger at Sheriff Jim ClarkÂ as the cameras rolled. The sheriff then punched him, and news coverage of the assault helped turned a local registration drive into a national phenomenon. Former diplomat and Congressman Andrew Young, another close confidante of Dr. King, said Rev. Vivian was always â&#x20AC;&#x153;one of the people who had the most insight, wisdom, integrity and dedication.â&#x20AC;? Former President Obama, who honored Rev. Vivian with theÂ Presidential Medal of FreedomÂ in 2013, tweeted last Friday that Rev. Vivian â&#x20AC;&#x153;was always one of the first in the action â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a Freedom Rider, a marcher in Selma, beaten, jailed, almost killed, absorbing blows in hopes that fewer of us would have to.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;He waged nonviolent campaigns for integration across the South, and campaigns for economic justice throughout the North, knowing that even after the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act that he helped win, our long journey to equality was nowhere near finished,â&#x20AC;? President Obama wrote. He also drew a direct line

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Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER KENYATTA WATKINS, Plaintiff v. FLORA WARRICK, Defendant. Case No.: CL20002793-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 15th day of September, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MONTIQUEA ROBINSON, Plaintiff v. TOMMIE WILSON, Defendant. Case No.: CL20002794-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 15th day of September, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER THEOTIS JONES, JR., Plaintiff v. CALENDRIA JONES, Defendant. Case No.: CL20002803-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 15th day of September, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG KAYLA CATHERINE EVANS, Plaintiff v. ERIC JERRELL EVANS, Defendant Case No.: CL20-436 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without and cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 20th day of August, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: Maytee E. Parham, Clerk I ask for this: Melissa-Kay B. Adams, Esq. (VSB# 78311) Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc. 229 N. Sycamore Street Petersburg, VA 23803 (Phone) 804-518-2127; (fax) 804-861-4311 Counsel for Plaintiff

a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 11th day of August, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER AHMED BAKEER, Plaintiff v. LORENE LEEMBRUGGEN, Defendant. Case No.: CL20002066-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 11th day of August, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER CHERON ROSE, Plaintiff v. STEPHEN PORTER, Defendant. Case No.: CL20002064-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 11th day of August, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MELISSA SCHIFFMAN, Plaintiff v. JOSEPH SCHIFFMAN, Defendant. Case No.: CL19003298-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 11th day of August, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER DAVID TRAN, Plaintiff v. JULIE VU, Defendant. Case No.: CL20002065-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JENNIFER LILLY, Plaintiff v. MICHAEL WALKER, Defendant. Case No.: CL20002063-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 11th day of August, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005

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CUSTODY VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ANNA ELIZABETH HARRIS RDSS v. UNKNOWN FATHER Case No. J-96895-06-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (â&#x20AC;&#x153;RPRâ&#x20AC;?) Unknown (Father), of Anna Elizabeth Harris, child, DOB 6/28/2008, â&#x20AC;&#x153;RPRâ&#x20AC;? means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendants, Unknown Father (Father), to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 10/28/2020, at 9:00 AM, Courtroom #5. VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Azariah thompson-hughes a juvenile RDSS, Plaintiff v. Unknown Father, Defendant Case No. JJ-88668-16-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (â&#x20AC;&#x153;RPRâ&#x20AC;?) Unknown (Father), of Azariah Thompson-Hughes child, DOB 10/23/2011 â&#x20AC;&#x153;RPRâ&#x20AC;? means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendants Unknown Father (Father) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 9/29/2020, at 11:20AM, Courtroom #2 VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Kaitlyn annmarie smith a juvenile RDSS, Plaintiff v. Unknown Father, Miracle Smith Defendants Case No. JJ097304-04-05 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (â&#x20AC;&#x153;RPRâ&#x20AC;?) Unknown (Father), & MIRACLE SMITH (MOTHER) of Kaitlyn Annmarie Smith child, DOB 5/15/2019 â&#x20AC;&#x153;RPRâ&#x20AC;? means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendants Unknown Father (Father) & Miracle Smith (Mother) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 9/2/2020, at 10:20AM, Courtroom #5 VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JAYTUAN CARTER a juvenile RDSS, Plaintiff v. Unknown Father, JANAY CARTER & QUENTIN BOOKER Defendants Case No. J-98251-05-06-07 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (â&#x20AC;&#x153;RPRâ&#x20AC;?) U nknown ( Father ) , JANAY CARTER (MOTHER), & QUENTIN BOOKER of Jaytuan Carter child, DOB 11/6/2019 â&#x20AC;&#x153;RPRâ&#x20AC;? means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendants Unknown Father (Father), Janay Carter (Mother), & Quentin Booker (Father) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 9/16/2020, at 11:00AM, Courtroom #5 VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JA-MOD GARDLEYCEPHAS a juvenile RDSS, Plaintiff v. VENETRIA STARKES, Continued on next column

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ALEXANDER CEPHAS Defendants Case No. J-77702-09-10 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (â&#x20AC;&#x153;RPRâ&#x20AC;?) ALEXANDER CEPHAS (Father), & VENETRIA STARKES (MOTHER) of JaMod Gardley-Cephas child, DOB 9/7/2007 â&#x20AC;&#x153;RPRâ&#x20AC;? means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendants Alexander Cephas (Father) & Venetria Starkes (Mother) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 9/8/2020, at 2:00PM, Courtroom #2

CL19-3369 308 Overbrook Road N0000596012 City of Richmond v. Nancy D. Anderson, et. al. CL19-5187 3316 P Street E0000878012 City of Richmond v. William A. Joyner, et. al. CL18-5704 414 Â˝ Patrick Avenue N0001554020 City of Richmond v. Bessie S. Fulton, et. al. CL18-5417 3917 Â˝ Piney Road N0180530025 City of Richmond v. Mary J. Hughes, et. al. CL19-3196 2616 Redwood Avenue E0120279018 City of Richmond v. George A. Coleman, Jr., et. al. CL19-3341 3310 Richmond Henrico Tpk. N0001258012 City of Richmond v. Alease Langford, et. al. CL19-84 2513 Robert Moore Circle N0000663017 City of Richmond v. Jimmie Lee, et. al. CL18-4944 917 St. James Street N0000083038 City of Richmond v. Ida J. Layton Forrester, et. al. CL19-5448 2015 Selden Street E0120285009 City of Richmond v. Lucille Robinson, et. al. CL18-5707 2116 Selden Street E0120259025 City of Richmond v. James Richardson, et. al CL19-3994 2120 Selden Street E0120259023 City of Richmond v. James Richardson, et. al. CL19-3925 2701 Selden Street E0120319001 City of Richmond v. James. E. Branch, et. al. CL18-4361 1809 Stegge Avenue S0071133017 City of Richmond v. Glenn Brown, et. al. CL19-4298 600 Chimborazo Boulevard E0000882013 City of Richmond v. Victory Tabernacle Bap. Church, et. al. CL18-6032 3203 Â˝ Stockton Street S0002132011 City of Richmond v. Franklin N. Bonner, et. al. CL18-5278 1825 1/3 Thomas Street N0000946018 City of Richmond v. James R. Moore, et. al. CL19-1989 20 Thurman Street S0070875001 City of Richmond v. Louis Reed, et. al. CL19-4689 2113 Warwick Avenue S0071632011 City of Richmond v. Mildred B. Smith, et. al. CL16-4506 2114 Warwick Avenue S0071682001 City of Richmond v. Faith Family Worship Center, et. al. CL19-4549 2304 Warwick Avenue S0071679008 City of Richmond v. Guy Howard, et. al. CL19-1971 2313 Warwick Avenue S0071629014 City of Richmond v. Patricia Mack, et. al. CL19-4527 2317 Warwick Avenue S0071629012 City of Richmond v. Patricia Mack, et. al. CL19-4528 2419 Whitcomb Street E0120224007 City of Richmond v. Mildred J. Boisseau et. al. CL18-5974 2419 1/3 Whitcomb Street E0120224065 City of Richmond v. Mildred J. Boisseau, et. al. CL18-5975 1605 Whitehead Road C0070497002 City of Richmond v. Delbert O. Winn, et. al. CL19-3425 3007 Woodcliff Avenue N0000987022 City of Richmond v. Lutto, Inc., et. al. CL19-3996

in possession, and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of a property may disclose. It is assumed that bidders will make a visual exterior inspection of a property within the limits of the law, determine the suitability of a property for their purposes, and otherwise perform due diligence prior to the auction. T h e S p e c i a l Commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acceptance of a bid shall not limit any powers vested in the City of Richmond. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. Individuals owing

delinquent taxes to the City of Richmond, and defendants in pending delinquent tax cases, are not qualified to bid at this auction. Bidders must certify by affidavit that they do not own, directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding notices of violation for building, zoning or other local ordinances. Questions may be directed to Gregory A. Lukanuski at greg.lukanuski @richmondgov.com (804) 646-7949, or to Christie Hamlin at christie.hamlin@ richmondgov.com (804) 6466940. Gregory A. Lukanuski Deputy City Attorney Special Commissioner 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219

3513 1st Avenue N0001173012 City of Richmond v. Ernest U. Logan, et. al. CL19-3960 3515 1st Avenue N0001173013 City of Richmond v. Ernest U. Logan, et. al. CL19-3961 3519 1st Avenue N0001173014 City of Richmond v. Ernest U. Logan, et. al CL19-3962 1016 North 2nd Street N0000085006 City of Richmond v. Loraine P. Cockrell, et. al. CL19-4526 2212 4th Avenue N0000561015 City of Richmond v. Wanda D. Scales, et. al. CL19-5443 119 East 15th Street S0000193015 City of Richmond v. Howard A. Harris, et. al CL19-317 225 East 15th Street S0000191011 City of Richmond v. Cynthia Austin, et. al. CL19-3888 206 East 19th Street S0000237021 City of Richmond v. James T. Glass, Sr., et. al. CL19-4101 1209 North 20th Street E0000556025 City of Richmond v. Doris W. Ashton, et. al. CL18-6235 118 East 21st Street S0000353030 City of Richmond v. Matthew Perkins, Jr., et. al. CL19-62 208 West 21st Street S0000418008 City of Richmond v. Mamie R. Scott, et.al. CL19-5585 1217 North 25th Street E0000561027 City of Richmond v. Parties Unknown, et. al. CL19-1322 1921 North 28th Street E0120401001 City of Richmond v. Archie H. Bey, II., et. al. CL18-4563 605 North 29th Street E0000573038 City of Richmond v. Larry N. Sterling, et.al. CL19-1233 1908 North 29th Street E0120427019 City of Richmond v. William E. Carrington, et.al. CL19-4507 1628 North 31st Street E0000795018 City of Richmond v. Dorothy Robinson, et.al. CL19-5652 1668 North 31st Street E0000795017 City of Richmond v. Dorothy Robinson, et.al. CL19-5652 1323 North 32nd Street E0000801024 City of Richmond v. Sterling R. Harris, et. al. CL18-5876 1120 North 34th Street E0000877004 City of Richmond v. Junius M. Charity, et. al. CL19-5775 107 East 37th Street S0042768011 City of Richmond v. Fannie Harris, et. al. CL19-5181 310 Bancroft Avenue N0001258075 City of Richmond v. Donald E. Womble, III., et. al. CL19-4167 2803 Â˝ Barry Street S0001229011 City of Richmond v. John A. Savage, et. al. CL19-1000 2807 Barry Street S0001229013 City of Richmond v. Gloria D. Savage, et. al. CL19-1052 1810 Bath Street

N0000946027 City of Richmond v. Alice E. Harris, et. al. CL18-4789 5216 Beddington Road C0081182021 City of Richmond v. James E. Sheffield, et. al. CL19-3863 2400 Bells Road S0090065027 City of Richmond v. A. L. Livsie, et. al. CL19-3864 5215 Blue Ridge Avenue E0100110009 City of Richmond v. Doorway, LLC, et. al. CL19-4508 5101 Boscobel Avenue S0060265028 City of Richmond v. Denise R. Alexander, et. al. CL19-4566 5119 Boscobel Avenue S0060265019 City of Richmond v. Ardell Langley, et. al. CL19-5776 1814 Boston Avenue S0000342001 City of Richmond v. Wells Fargo Bank, et. al. CL19-1772 1842 Botetourt Street N0000945049 City of Richmond v. Ernest W. Banks, et. al. CL19-5445 1305 Bowen Street S0071182024 City of Richmond v. Sanford S. Seay et. al. CL19-1001 13 East Broad Rock Road S0001345025 City of Richmond v. Christian Workers Council, et. al. CL19-4509 5416 Campbell Avenue E0100138027 City of Richmond v. Sabrina M. Walters, et. al. CL19-4510 4408 Corbin Street N0180401001 City of Richmond v. Joseph Johnson, et. al. CL19-5188 2211 Decatur Street S0000410026 City of Richmond v. Machine & Conveyor LTD, et. al. CL19-149 2214 Edwards Avenue S0000459003 City of Richmond v. More Land of Virginia, Inc., et. al CL19-3922 1418 Enfield Avenue S0071228010 City of Richmond v. Delano Francis Kellum, et. al. CL19-4294 3521 Enslow Avenue N0001172023 City of Richmond v. Ernest Miles, et. al. CL19-48 2111 Ford Avenue E0000598022 City of Richmond v. Neal Kennedy, et. al. CL18-351 2113 Ford Avenue E0000598023 City of Richmond v. Peace on Earth Management, et. al. CL18-2349 228 Green Acres Avenue C0060488018 City of Richmond v. June A. Mcelroy, et. al. CL19-798 314 Green Acres Avenue C0060488020 City of Richmond v. June A. Mcelroy, et. al. CL19-799 401 Hazelhurst Avenue N0001258068 City of Richmond v. Miranda L. Eberhardt, et. al. CL19-5447 3055 Hull Street S0001582011 City of Richmond v. Ed Turnage, et. al. CL19-3860 3057 Hull Street S0001582012 City of Richmond v. Ed Turnage, et. al. CL19-3861 132 Jefferson Davis Highway S0000293021 City of Richmond v. William H. Fox, et. al. CL18-5257 1817 Keswick Avenue S0070982010 City of Richmond v. Mary L. Ferguson, et. al. CL19-4512 2902 Lawson Street S0001343020 City of Richmond v. Joan C. R. Pride, et. al. CL18-5515 3401 Lynhaven Avenue S0080778017 City of Richmond v. John Sattelmaier, et. al. CL19-3370 3401A Lynhaven Avenue S0080778016 City of Richmond v. John Sattelmaier, et. al. CL19-3371 4114 Lynhaven Avenue S0090185013 City of Richmond v. Andy Roomy, et. al. CL19-4729 4204 Lynhaven Avenue S0090225007 City of Richmond v. Henderson Homes, Inc., et. al. CL19-4513 1705 Magnolia Street N0000663019 City of Richmond v. Earl W. Trimmer, et. al. CL19-3923 2404 Marion Mashore Street S0000565009 City of Richmond v. Albatross, Inc., et. al. CL19-85 2812 Midlothian Turnpike S0001123009 City of Richmond v. Ruby B. Simpson, et. al. CL19-4244 1339 Minefee Street S0071134028 City of Richmond v. Progressive Mortgage, et. al. CL19-151 2001 Newbourne Street E0120312001 City of Richmond v. Lucy Hurte, et. al.

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PROPERTIES NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SPECIAL COMMISSIONERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE OF REAL ESTATE RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

Â Pursuant to the terms of Orders of Sale entered in the Richmond Circuit Court, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer the following real estate for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia onÂ Wednesday August 19, 2020 at 2:00 pm, or as soon thereafter as may be effected.Â The sale is subject to the terms and conditions below and any other terms and conditions which may be announced on the day of auction.Â Announcements made on the day of the auction take precedence over any prior written or verbal terms of sale.

TERMS OF SALE: All sales are subject to confirmation by the Richmond Circuit Court.Â The purchase price will include the winning bid plus 10% of the winning bid. High bidders will pay at the time of the auction a deposit of at least 20% of the purchase price, or $5,000.00, whichever is greater. If the purchase price is under $5,000.00, high bidders will pay in full at the time of the auction. High bidders will pay the balance of the purchase price to the Special Commissioner, and deed recordation costs, by a date and in a form as stated in a settlement instruction letter. Time is of the essence. If a high bidder defaults by not making these payments in full, on time, and in the required form, the Special Commissioner will retain the deposit, and may seek other remedies to include the cost of resale or any resulting deficiency. Settlement shall occur when the Richmond Circuit Court enters an Order of Confirmation. Conveyance shall be either by a special commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deed or a special warranty deed. Real estate taxes will be adjusted as of the date of entry for the Order of Confirmation. Properties are sold â&#x20AC;&#x153;as isâ&#x20AC;? without any representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, subject to the rights of any person

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COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA

CITIZEN INFORMATION MEETING Bethelehem Road Improvements Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Time: 5:30 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 6:30 p.m. Location: Libbie Mill Library 2100 Libbie Lake East Street, Henrico, VA If unable to attend in person, the project information and comment form are available online at: https:// henrico.us/projects/bethlehem-improvements/

TRANSIT SYSTEM

BRT LANDSCAPING AND LAWN SERVICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS GRTC Transit System invites all interested parties to submit proposals for BRT landscaping and lawn service. Interested firms may download a copy of RFP # 19120-08 from GRTCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website www.ridegrtc. com (menu options: About Us, then Procurement) or obtain a copy by calling Allan Cox at (804) 358-3871 ext 371. An optional pre-proposal video-conference will be held on August 5, 2020 at 11 am. Proposals are due no later than 11:00 am on September 15, 2020. All inquiries pertaining to the request or any questions in reference to the solicitation documents should be directed to: Allan Cox Purchasing Manager (804) 358-3871, extension 371 Supplier diversity program â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;providing equal opportunities for small businessesâ&#x20AC;? Assisted Living Facility has openings for the following positions: PCA or CNA must have experience working with Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Dementia residents. Part-time House-keeper must have experience working in Assisted Living Facility. When applying please bring current TB report. Good pay â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Good days oďŹ&#x20AC;. Please call (804) 222-Ď˛Ď°ĎŹĎŽ

Thank you for your interest in applying for opportunities with The City of Richmond. To see what opportunities are available, please refer to our website at www.richmondgov.com. EOE M/F/D/V

OUTREACH SPECIALIST (Full-time)

Richmond, Virginia

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) is seeking an Outreach Specialist for the Business Investmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Call Center. This position provides support for VEDPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strategic lead generation initiatives during on-going calling campaigns, providing accurate data updates and managing contact follow-up schedules. All candidates must submit a resume through our website https://www.vedp.org/about-vedp. Application deadline: Open Until Filled.

TRANSIT SYSTEM

BUS SHELTER CLEANER Part - Time Starting Wage: $11.32 per hour Closes: August 3, 2020

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