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Richmond City Council informed that planned ONE Casino + Resort opening will be delayed 9 months or more, with casino opening in late 2024 and hotel not opening until late 2025

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The 2024 campaign for Richmond’s next mayor will be in full swing before the planned ONE Casino + Resort will welcome the first players to try their luck at the slot machines, roll the dice on a craps table or play blackjack.

Instead of being ready in December 2023

as City Hall initially announced, the casino’s completion date has been pushed back nine months to Oct. 1, 2024, City Council was notified Monday.

And the 250-room luxury hotel that is part of the package might not open until Oct. 1, 2025, the council also was informed.

All of this is assuming Richmond voters give

a thumbs-up to having full-blown gambling mecca in the city.

Leonard L. Sledge, the city’s economic development director, made the disclosures during a meeting of City Council’s Organizational Development Committee. All nine members of the council are on the committee.

The revised timeline for the resort is included

‘Telling the whole story’

in two ordinances the committee recommended for approval at the council’s next meeting on Monday, July 12.

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Old forgotten cemeteries dot the city

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Peggy Stoots made an urgent call to the Richmond City Attorney’s Office just two days before a vacant quarter-acre parcel in South Side was to be auctioned off to recover more than $2,000 in past due property taxes.

Ms. Stoots, who has lived near the property for 60 years surprised a staff member by saying, “You can’t auction that property. It’s a cemetery.”

Her call led the auction set for mid-August 2018 to be canceled because, sure enough, she was right.

The abandoned property at 2511 Hopkins Lane holds multiple graves of Black people.

Virtually all of those buried there are members or relatives of a Smith family that acquired the property in 1886 when it was part of Chesterfield County, city records show.

The estate of the late George Smith is still listed as the owner.

The Smith land sits within a larger Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press wooded stretch that Workers from the state Department of General Services on Wednesday remove the 10-foot bronze statue of segregationist Harry F. Byrd Sr., a former Virginia governor and U.S. senator, from Capitol Square. During the mostly belongs to General Assembly session earlier this year, the legislature approved a bill by Delegate Jay Jones of Norfolk the city. The rest of authorizing its removal. No word yet on what will replace it. the wooded property was acquired as part of the right-of-way for construction of the modern Hopkins Road, which replaced Hopkins Lane

By George Copeland Jr. the 10-foot statue was separated from its to observe the process with Gov. Ralph as a main road.

Jeremy M. Lazarus/Richmond Free Press pedestal, lifted and secured to a truck by S. Northam.

Ms. Stoots said This headstone in the Smith family After 45 years in Capitol Square in contractors with the state Department of For Delegate Jones, the statue’s that a now-deceased cemetery at 2511 Hopkins Lane in Downtown, the statue commemorating General Services around 9:40 a.m. removal held personal meaning. neighbor who was South Side is visible from the street. arch-segregationist Harry F. Byrd Sr. was The department removed the statue Mr. Byrd, a former governor who born in 1880 once At least 45 people are believed to be removed Wednesday morning, marking as a result of a new law that went into also represented Virginia in the U.S. told her that, before buried at the site, which is said to the latest undertaking in Virginia’s long effect July 1.

Senate, was the architect of “Massive have been a private burial ground for the Civil War, the land the enslaved from a nearby plantation. reassessment of and reckoning with its For Norfolk Delegate Jay Jones, Resistance” to desegregation in the was the burial site for history of oppressing Black people and who introduced the bill that allowed South in the wake of the landmark 1954 enslaved people who were part of a large plantation that stretched other people of color. for the statue’s removal, it was “a long U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown to what is now Broad Rock Road. That remains unconfirmed.

With federal papers tightly held in day coming.”

As it turns out, this kind of cemetery is more common than Please turn to A4 one hand and a small smile on its face, He made the journey to Richmond most Richmonders know.

According to city records and other documents, multiple small and large private properties exist that contain forgotten burial grounds, including sections of South Side that were once Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines part of Chesterfield before being annexed COVID-19 testing is available at various drug stores, clinics into the city. and urgent care centers throughout the area for people with The biggest forgotten site in Richmond so and without health insurance. Several offer tests with no far is at 1305 N. 5th St., which the city once out-of-pocket costs. owned and recently repurchased for more A list of area COVID-19 testing sites is online at https:// www.vdh.virginia.gov/richmond-city/richmond-and-henricothan $140,000. Most of that went to pay off area-covid-19-testing-sites/ a debt the former owner, who abandoned the Amira Jones, 3, has her hands The Virginia Department of Health also has a list of COVIDproperty, left attached to the deed. full with a teddy bear and cotton 19 testing locations around the state at www.vdh.virginia.gov/ candy at the recent Community The 1.2-acre parcel is part of a far larger coronavirus/covid-19-testing/covid-19-testing-sites/.

Outreach Day at Hotchkiss Field Black cemetery where an estimated 22,000 Community Center in North Side. people are buried. Between 1816 and 1879, Want a COVID-19 vaccine?

The free event was sponsored by the city owned and operated the historic Project Restore, Empowering Youth The Richmond and Henrico health districts are cemetery, now called Shockoe Hill African for Positive Change and the Capital offering free walk-up COVID-19 vaccines at the following Burying Ground. The land later was sold Area Health Network. It featured locations: for commercial and transportation uses as food, children’s activities, health • Friday, July 9, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.—Henrico West Clinic, if the cemetery never existed. screenings, COVID-19 vaccinations 8600 Dixon Powers Drive, Pfizer; 9 to 11 a.m. – Care A former auto repair shop sits on the and information about community Advantage, West End Office, 3201 Hungary Spring Road, site that is gaining renewed recognition resources. The youngster attended Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson; 1 to 3 p.m. – Care Advantage, the event with her mother, Raiesha South Side Office, 10041 Midlothian Turnpike, Pfizer and as historic sacred ground as the result Jones, and her 6-year-old brother, Johnson & Johnson of extensive research and lobbying by a Jermon Dowden.

• Saturday, July 10, 1 to 3 p.m.—Oakmeade Apartments, Texas woman, Lenora McQueen, who has 300 Airport Place, Highland Springs, Pfizer and Johnson & relatives buried there.

Statue of Virginia segregationist Harry F. Byrd Sr., architect of ‘Massive Resistance,’ removed from Capitol Square

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Is 3D printing the next big The main benefit, according to thing in home building? Right, those involved: This method of workers watch concrete being Slices of life and scenes construction can cut up to two poured under the direction and months off the time to build a in Richmond precision of a computer to build home from scratch. Virginia an exterior wall of a new home at 217 Carnation Housing, a state agency, provided a $500,000 St. in South Side. Above, the large barrel is the grant to enable Virginia Tech and a U.S. firm, starting point for the concrete, which flows to 3D homebuilder Alquist, to buy the 3D homethe pointer barrel that takes instruction from the building computer, bring it to the site and set it computer. A Denmark company developed this up. Other partners include project:Homes, the new use for 3D printing and the machinery, with Better Housing Coalition and RMT Construction Richmond hosting the first test of this innovation. & Development Group, an affordable housing

Henrico Public Schools holds free vaccination clinics for middle and high school students Henrico County Public Schools and the state Department of Health are offering free vaccination clinics for middle and high school students each Wednesday in July.

The walk-in clinics will offer COVID-19 vaccines for students age 12 and older, as well as tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, HPV and meningococcal virus.

TDaP and meningococcal virus vaccines are required for students entering the seventh grade. The meningococcal virus vaccine also is required for students entering the 12th grade.

Students can get as many as four vaccines at one time, or over the course of two clinics. No appointment is necessary and there is no cost.

The clinics will be held 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 21, at Brookland Middle School, 9200 Lydell Drive, and Tuckahoe Middle School, 9000 Three Chopt Road; and from 9 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 28, at Elko Middle School, 5901 Elko Road in Sandston.

Details and consent forms: www.henricoschools.us and click on the link under “Division News” or (804) 652-3600.

VSU to create program for minority entrepreneurs to launch businesses Virginia State University plans to use a $453,000 grant to help Black and minority entrepreneurs launch new businesses, it has been announced.

The state’s GO Virginia awarded the grant to the VSU Center for Entrepreneurship to create a one-stop launching pad for such businesses, according to the university’s Reginald F. Lewis School of Business in which the center is housed.

According to the university, the new program will offer training in business planning, help entrepreneurs access co-working and maker spaces, provide access to legal advice on business affairs and host other activities to promote business development.

VSU credited Dr. Patrice Perry-Rivers, director of the entrepreneurship center, with Dr. Perry-Rivers creating the program and securing the grant.

Dr. Perry-Rivers stated that the center plans to host competitions to allow fledgling businesses to pitch to potential investors, offer financial planning sessions and workshops on patents and protection of intellectual property and create fellowships for young entrepreneurs.

The center is teaming with public and private organizations to help add to the impact, including the Metropolitan Business League, Lighthouse Labs, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Africa Network Initiative, Girls for a Change as well as the Small Business Administration, the state Center for Innovative Technology and the Sanders Entrepreneurship Fund.

Other partners include the state Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity, the Crater Planning District Commission, the governments of Petersburg, Richmond, Colonial Heights and the counties of Chesterfield and Henrico. Also Metrostar, Jordan IP Law, Edmonds Law, Success Companies and Spider Management.

Goldman files challenge to November House of Delegates elections

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Instead of being elected for two years, winners of the 100 Virginia House of Delegates seats in November would only get one year in office if Paul Goldman has his way.

On Tuesday, Mr. Goldman, a former chairman of the state Democratic Party, filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Richmond Mr. Goldman arguing that the court should order another election to be held in November 2022 after the state redistricts.

Because of a U.S. Census Bureau delay in releasing population changes from the 10-year Census in 2020, the state is moving ahead this November with House of Delegates elections using the current districts.

A new redistricting commission is working to recommend a revision of House districts for General Assembly approval in the 2022 session that starts in January.

The state plans to allow delegates elected in November to serve their traditional two-year terms and implement the new districts for the 2023 elections.

However, Mr. Goldman claims that is wrong. In his filing, he cited the federal case of Cosner v. Dalton that stemmed from a 1981 problem Virginia had with redistricting that resulted in House elections for three years straight.

The court allowed the 1981 House election using the old districts due to time constraints, but ordered new House elections in 1982 when constitutionally revamped districts were to be in place. As result, the delegates also had to run again in 1983.

Mr. Goldman, who stated in the suit that he plans to run in the revamped 68th House District that now includes parts of Richmond, Henrico and Chesterfield and represented by Democratic Delegate Dawn Adams, noted that his case boils down to whether “Cosner v. Dalton remains good law in Virginia.”

contractor. Whether 3D wall-building catches on remains to be seen. Experts said that its cost could only be justified if the equipment could provide the walls in a subdivision of six or

more homes. Also, this machine can only build one-story walls; a bigger, more costly machine would be needed to build two-story, multifamily and commercial units.

Hundreds of RRHA families may face eviction after moratorium ends July 31

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Hundreds of people living in public housing in Richmond could be at risk of eviction in the coming months as the last moratorium on tenant ousters for nonpayment expires July 31.

Figures recently presented to RRHA’s nine-member board indicate that nearly one in five households are in arrears—or almost 700 households out of the 3,700 or so rental units that the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority manages.

RRHA halted evictions in 2019 amid an uproar over how many people it was removing, followed by a federal moratorium on evictions during the pandemic that has been extended.

At the request of President Biden, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended its eviction moratorium until July 31 but announced there would be no further extensions.

Like other landlords, RRHA plans to resume efforts in August to remove households that are failing to pay rent and have failed to apply for aid through the

state Department of Housing and Community Development’s rent relief program that has $1 billion in federal funds to help households who have fallen behind.

For RRHA, the starting point could Ms. DanielsFayson come by mid-August when the first letters warning renters to pay up or face eviction are expected to go out. That would be followed up by court dates possibly in September or October, according to the agency.

RRHA does not expect an immediate flood of evictions, given that new state laws have made it a bit more difficult to remove renters. For example, RRHA, like all landlords, must encourage and assist those households in arrears to file for rental relief.

The RRHA board was told that those households that have applied for relief would not be evicted while they await the

state’s response to their request.

Households in arrears are receiving regular messages to get up to date on their payment and are warned of the consequences, according to Stacey Daniels-Fayson, the RRHA’s interim chief executive officer.

Ms. Daniels-Fayson told the board every effort is being made to have residents go to the management offices in their complexes to help them to comply with previously established repayment agreements on past due rent and with current obligations.

According to her report, repayment agreements were established for 824 families, but only 131 families are current on those payments along with paying their monthly rent. The remaining 693 families are either behind on their repayment plans, current rent or both, the report noted. The latter group is most at risk for eviction, according to the report.

Initially, Ms. Daniels-Fayson said RRHA’s eviction focus would be on families that are two months or more in arrears and have not applied for rent relief or taken other steps to become current, such as gaining employment.

Councilman Michael Jones blasts ‘blatant discrimination’ by state Board of Elections

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

In a stunning reversal, the state Board of Elections has voted 2-1 to allow seven white candidates extra time to file missing paperwork needed to qualify for the Nov. 2 general election ballot.

Earlier this year, the board announced it had dropped its practice of granting extensions for filing late paperwork. The board then voted to disqualify three Black candidates with missing paperwork who were seeking to challenge incumbent House of Delegate members in the June 8 Democratic primary.

“This is like a kick in the stomach,” Richmond City Councilman Michael J. Jones, one of the three disqualified primary candidates, said after the board approved the extensions at its June 30 special meeting.

Dr. Jones, whose paperwork was not filed with the state by the primary election deadline, was not granted an extension by the state elections board. That ended his challenge to incumbent Democratic Delegate Betsy B. Carr in Richmond’s 69th House District.

“I am disheartened that the board only seems to enforce the policy change when

Black candidates are involved,” said Dr. Jones.

He said he plans to file a complaint about “blatant discrimination” with the state attorney general’s Office of Civil Rights.

Dr. Jones In the board’s latest action, filing extensions were approved by the two white members of the board, Robert H. Brink, a Democrat, and Dr. John M. O’Bannon, a Republican. Both are former members of the House of Delegates. The sole dissenting vote was cast by the board’s only Black member, attorney Jamilah D. LeCruise.

The most prominent of the candidates receiving extensions were incumbent Republican Delegate Dave LaRock of Loudoun County, and Fairfax County Republican Matthew Lang, who is seeking to unseat veteran Democratic Delegate Kenneth Plum of Reston.

According to board documents, in both cases, Republican Party officials in the 33rd and 36th House districts failed to meet the deadline for submitting Delegate LaRock’s

and Mr. Lang’s names as the chosen candidates for their respective districts.

Two independent candidates for the House of Delegates and three candidates for local offices also were granted deadline extensions to file missing paperwork with the state Department of Elections.

In several cases, the candidates said the paperwork was filed with their local election office rather than with the state based on assurances from local officials that was the correct procedure. It was not.

That’s what happened to Dr. Jones. A supervisor in the Richmond voter registrar’s office told Dr. Jones that he could file all the paperwork with that office. Instead of transmitting the documents to the state as promised, the staff member held them in an office file, which Dr. Jones said he learned after the deadline passed.

The two other Black candidates the state board disqualified from the June primary ballot were Matt Rogers, who was challenging incumbent Democratic Delegate Patrick Hope of Arlington, and Dumfries Town Councilwoman Cydny A. Neville who announced her challenge to incumbent Democratic Delegate Luke Torian in Prince William County.

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Making a splash With the temperature reaching 95 degrees by noon on July 1, Mayor Levar M. Stoney and Chris Frelke, right, director of the city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities, wrapped up a news conference at Hotchkiss Field Community Center in North Side by jumping in the pool – clothes, shoes, socks and all. Their actions tickled youngsters and the scene broke into a splash party. Mayor Stoney dries off afterward, with no word on whether his wardrobe was of the drip-dry variety. At the news conference, Mayor Stoney and Mr. Frelke discussed the summer recreation programming schedule and the city’s need to hire more lifeguards.

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Judge dismisses effort to remove state Sen. Louise Lucas

By George Copeland Jr.

Sen. Lucas

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A Chesapeake judge swiftly rebuked a conservative group’s effort July 2 to remove a Black state senator from office over her role in a protest that ended with heavy damage to a Confederate monument in Portsmouth.

Few expected the petition of 4,600 signatures gathered by members of the Virginia Tea Party to succeed against Sen. Louise Lucas, a longtime Democratic legislator and a key Statehouse power broker.

The judge quickly ruled that, under Virginia’s Constitution, only the state Senate can expel one of its members.

“There is a process for that,” Chesapeake Circuit Court Chief Judge John W. Brown said from the bench. “This is not that process.”

The courtroom briefly served as a battleground for the nation’s culture wars over race, history and policing that intensified last year after George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Minneapolis Police.

“Our country was under absolute siege by these angry mobs,” Virginia Tea Party Chair Nelson Velez told The Associated Press before the hearing. “We had an elected official, a state senator orchestrate a riot.”

But many saw the petition — as well as a failed criminal case against Sen. Lucas — as a vindictive political stunt against a powerful Black woman.

“I’m not going to accuse them necessarily of racism,” said Delegate Don Scott of Portsmouth, an attorney and friend of Sen. Lucas. “But I will say this: They’ve only gone this aggressively after an African-American woman — a strong AfricanAmerican woman who is at the pinnacle of her legislative career.”

Sen. Lucas is the state Senate’s president pro tempore and represents Portsmouth and other parts of southeastern Virginia. The group’s petition against her stems from a day last summer when protesters gathered to rally against the 56-foot-tall Confederate monument in the majority Black city of Portsmouth.

The 19th century memorial was drawing heightened scorn at a time when many monuments to the Confederacy were being taken down, whether by demonstrators opposed to racial injustice or by authorities seeking to dismantle them through official channels. Such memorials have long been viewed by many as symbols of white supremacy.

But they were drawing increasing attention after Mr. Floyd’s death in May 2020.

Portsmouth police would later claim that Sen. Lucas was with a group of people shaking up cans of spray paint and had told officers they were “going to put some paint on this thing, and y’all can’t arrest them.” “(T)hey gonna do it, and you can’t stop them … they got a right, go ahead!” police claim Sen. Lucas said.

Delegate Scott, who represented Sen. Lucas in the criminal case, said she left the protest hours before heads were ripped off some of the monument’s statues and one statue was pulled down, critically injuring a demonstrator.

Two months later, Portsmouth Police charged Sen. Lucas and several others with conspiracy to commit a felony and injury to a monument in excess of $1,000. The charges were filed without the local prosecutor’s approval, sparking immediate criticism from many who said the charges were political.

Law professors also questioned the strength of the case, which was dismissed by a judge in November.

Mr. Velez, the Virginia Tea Party chairman, said Sen. Lucas still needed to be held accountable.

“The only recourse is the people,” he said. “So the people went ahead and signed petitions.”

The group filed its petition under a state law that allows someone to ask a circuit court judge to remove an official. The petitioner must gather a number of voter signatures that equals 10 percent of votes cast at the last election.

Dr. Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington, said the attempt was a new and flawed front in Virginia’s culture wars.

“This is the latest step in the trench warfare over Virginia’s political culture,” Dr. Farnsworth said. “I would anticipate this process not being rewarded and not being repeated.”

Sen. Lucas declined to comment after the hearing.

As she walked out, one of the petitioners yelled at her that she had broken the law.

Anthony Troy, a former Virginia attorney general and one of her lawyers, told reporters that the petition was time-consuming and draining for the senator.

“She’s got a lot to do,” he said. “She’s moving on.”

people to discuss recreational use of marijuana with their primary care provider.

Treatment for chronic pain. Possible adNot all of marijuana’s health impacts are diction. Improving muscle spasms. Mood equal, however. Officials also acknowledged changes. the large racial disparity marijuana criminalThese and many other health benefits and ization has had on people of color in Virginia, risks from marijuana use were discussed by even after possession of small amounts was Richmond and Henrico health district officials decriminalized last year. last week, the same day recreational use of With racism now declared a public health marijuana became legal in Virginia for people emergency by the Virginia General Assembly 21 and older on July 1. and restrictions on usage still intact, officials “We’re very hopeful that the legalization made clear the impact of this added dimenof marijuana will have positive effects on sion to legalization. our larger public health issues,” said Jackie “When we think about marijuana legalLawrence, health equity director of the Rich- ization, not only do we need to think about mond and Henrico health districts. the legal side of it, we have to really think The health benefits of marijuana use, as about the effect it has on our health,” Ms. shared by officials and documented Lawrence said. “Legalizing mariby sources including the U.S. juana will not fix racism, however, Centers for Disease Control and or mitigate all health disparities. It Prevention, are largely focused can have the potential to reduce on therapy and addressing chronic some trauma experienced by the pain. Marijuana use potentially can Black and brown community, and help prevent and ease the nausea then as a result, helps our whole caused by chemotherapy. Those community.” with muscle spasms due to mulE. Martin “Marty” Jewell, a Ms. Lawrence tiple sclerosis also have reported former Richmond City Council improvements in their symptoms through member and volunteer board chairman of marijuana’s short-term use. the Cannabis Equity Coalition of Virginia, But health officials also said there are seemed to agree. His organization and many some concerns the public should be aware others have worked to ensure racial equity of regarding marijuana use. They noted that in the legalization process. And while Mr. smoking marijuana can lead to greater risk Jewell sees the July 1 legalization of recreof bronchitis, coughs and phlegm produc- ational marijuana as a major step forward, tion. Like cigarettes, marijuana smoking can he pointed out areas where improvements be carcinogenic, addictive and potentially could be made. harmful to health even through secondhand In particular, Mr. Jewell noted that the smoke, and has been linked to increased risk percentage of tax revenue put into the state’s of heart disease and stroke because it raises new Cannabis Equity Community Reinvestthe average heartbeat. ment fund for communities of color—30 There have been no reported deaths in percent—is very low compared to other states Virginia from a marijuana overdose, although that introduced similar marijuana legislation heavy use may cause difficulty with attention around the same time as Virginia. span, short-term memory and anxiety, and may Increasing the tax on marijuana, Mr. Jewell have long-term impact on development if a said, would lead to millions of dollars being young person uses marijuana heavily before distributed to communities that could put it the brain is fully developed, officials said. toward needed improvements and resources Ms. Lawrence and other health officials such as youth programs, schools and civic recommended avoiding using marijuana organizations. The money generated by a while pregnant, driving or preparing to drive, higher tax also would further the goal of as well as exposing others to secondhand repairing the effects of “50-plus years of smoke, particularly children or those who over-enforcement.” are immunocompromised.

“We’re discovering racism, structural racOfficials encouraged people to review ism all over, and there is a reckoning taking marijuana health information from the CDC place,” Mr. Jewell said. “We just need to and other reputable providers. They also urged continue to progress.”

Meeting the newest arrival is only a vaccine away.

It’s time to roll up our sleeves, Virginia.

Visit Vaccinate.Virginia.gov or learn more by calling 1-877-VAX-IN-VA (1-877-829-4682).

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Richmond City Council informed that planned ONE Casino + Resort opening will be delayed 9 months or more, with casino opening in late 2024 and hotel not opening until late 2025 Continued from A1

area, outside of the lottery.

Surprisingly, the only committee member to express any concern about the casino developer’s agreements with the city turned out to be 8th District Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell, who was previously a cheerleader for the project proposed for Walmsley and Commerce roads.

Now growing skeptical her South Side district would benefit from the project, she expressed dismay about the extra time the developer is being granted.

Mr. Sledge told the council the delay is reasonable given that the award of the license to operate the casino is a state matter.

“The one factor that is not under our control,” he explained, “is the Virginia Lottery.” That state agency has been assigned to regulate the five new casinos that have been approved by the General Assembly for operation in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Danville and Bristol and Richmond.

Among other things, the Lottery must grant preliminary approval of the city’s choice of a casino developer and site before it can be put on a referendum to city voters. That has yet to happen but such approval is expected either later this month or by early August.

And if the city clears that hurdle, and if Richmond voters approve the developer and the site, the Lottery then must decide whether to award the chosen casino operator an operating license.

Richmond’s choice is RVA Entertainment Holdings LLC, described as a wholly owned subsidiary of Urban One, which bills itself as

the nation’s largest Blackowned media company.

Urban One is best known for its group of radio stations, such as Power 92.1 and 99.3 and 105.7 Kiss FM in Richmond.

The campaign to win voter approval already is Mr. Sledge underway. One example is a rally to show support for the casino that is scheduled for noon Saturday, July 10, at Blackwell Elementary School, 1600 Everett St. in South Side.

If the casino proposal passes in the Nov. 2 election, then Urban One, through RVA Entertainment, must turn over to the Lottery all of its documents and a $15 million check by midDecember. The Lottery is then charged to do a deep dive into the organization, its ownership and its financing. The Lottery would have up to 12 months to complete its work and either issue or reject the license.

Alfred C. Liggins III, president and chief executive officer of Urban One, is not ready to pour $563 million into a development if the Lottery rejects the license. Even before the license is awarded, the company, whose stock publicly trades, will have spent more than $70 million, but it does not want to take the risk of a far bigger loss.

The company has registered a plan to sell up to $200 million in stock with voting rights to finance the casino. While Mr. Liggins has identified 50 individuals who are or have invested, the prospectus filed June 11 does not mention

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them or their role in RVA Entertainment Holdings or the amount of stock each is purchasing.

Under the revised agreement with the city, the casino project Mr. Liggins is leading would have until April 1, 2022, to buy the Mr. Liggins Philip Morris property on Commerce Road and begin demolition. However, the company would have until Jan. 18, 2023, to close on construction financing and begin actual construction, the documents show.

Mr. Sledge noted that in exchange for having the city push back the opening dates for the casino and hotel, Mr. Liggins has agreed that RVA Entertainment would pay the city an extra $1 million up front.

Before the terms were revised, Mr. Liggins had agreed that Urban One, through RVA Entertainment, would pay the city $25 million once voters passed the referendum, plus $500,000 to reimburse the city for legal and consulting expenses incurred in reviewing casino proposals.

Under the agreed upon terms, the city is projecting that its general fund would gain at least $29 million a year in new revenue in each of the first five years of the casino’s operation.

Unchanged are other terms in the agreement that would require the casino to hire nearly 1,000 full-time and more than 350 part-time employees in positions that would pay a minimum of $15 an hour, provide $2.5 million in free advertising for the city, give Richmond residents preference in hiring and give local restaurants preference

to operate the resort’s sit-down restaurants as well as kiosks in the food court.

The casino also has pledged to by Richmondand Virginia-produced works of art to decorate the casino and hotel, produce an average of $5 million a year in new media content on site and make contributions to the city’s schools and nonprofits.

Ms. Trammell, though, told City Council members that she was upset that the agreement did not include a specific promise that residents of her district would be the most preferred for the new jobs. She also said there was no language requiring all of the new tax dollars the casino generates to go to infrastructure projects.

She said that she received promises from Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s administration that would happen as inducements to gain her support. She said her district and other parts of South Side, particularly the 26 square miles annexed from Chesterfield County in 1969, have been neglected through the years and deserve better.

Mr. Sledge said the only agreement he is aware of is that City Council would decide how to spend the new money the casino brings into city coffers.

Ninth District Councilman Michael J. Jones said he agrees with Ms. Trammell that South Side has been neglected and will be introducing a paper to council that would require at least 60 percent of the revenue the casino would generate and 60 percent of the $154 million the city is to receive from the federal American Rescue Plan go to improve parks, roads and other infrastructure in South Side.

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Another forgotten burial ground, which the city now maintains, was part of a group of cemeteries developed in the late 19th century on a Barton Heights hilltop beside Saint James to tell our true history in Virginia.” new statue will take Mr. Byrd’s place on Street in North Side.

Continued from A1 First placed in 1976, the Byrd statue Capitol Square.

The list of such burial grounds also includes a portion of v. Board of Education that outlawed the gained greater attention in 2020 when Also unclear is whether further ac- a 60-acre parcel off Forest Hill Avenue in South Side. Earlier “separate, but equal” doctrine that had Republican Delegate Wendell S. Walker of tion will be taken on other contentious this year, that property was targeted as a potential site for a allowed the government to block school Lynchburg introduced a bill into the General memorials and statues to Confederates, casino. It apparently includes the burial ground for members of integration.

Assembly to have it removed. At the time, including those honoring Confederate a Green family that once owned it, according to Jason Haase, a In response, Mr. Byrd led the effort to he did it to highlight Democratic efforts to Gens. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and nearby resident who has conducted research into this and other shut down public schools rather than let remove numerous Confederate statues and William Smith, who also served two terms properties in the area.

Black children and white children attend memorials on the Capitol grounds. as governor.

His research suggests there were up to eight, mostly Black, class in the same building.

Delegate Walker withdrew his legislaDelegate Jones said he had no power private family burial grounds located within a quarter mile of Among those impacted was Delegate tion after he found it gaining strong support to remove them. He pointed to various the Green family cemetery.

Jones’ father, Norfolk Circuit Court Judge from Democrats.

Capitol departments and officials who have The city’s list of private Black cemeteries also includes 4909 Jerrauld C. Jones, a former delegate. In But he inspired Delegate Jones to in- such authority. He said he hopes someone Bassett Ave. in South Side, a tax-delinquent property with a the 1950s, Judge Jones was barred from troduce his own bill in this year’s General will take appropriate action. single-family home. That property recently was transferred to attending a Norfolk public school because Assembly session to remove Mr. Byrd’s He also acknowledged that removing the Enrichmond Foundation, an umbrella nonprofit that supports of Mr. Byrd’s policies. likeness. The Jones version passed the these statues is only one aspect of the racial city parks and recreation.

For Delegate Jones, the story of the House of Delegates on a 63-34 vote, and reconciliation needed in Virginia.

The foundation already owns and manages two historic private shabby treatment of his father cast a the state Senate 36-3.

“Today is one step in that journey. Black cemeteries, Evergreen and East End, that cover more than shadow on his occasional visits to the “We talk about being inclusive, we We’ve got a long way to go, whether it’s 60 acres on Richmond’s eastern border with Henrico County.

Capitol as a child. talk about diversity and we really have (criminal) justice reform, housing, our Another property the city lists as holding graves is located “My father was a member of the Gen- to put our money where our mouths are health care system, to make this place more at 3106 Hopkins Road, a small, fenced piece of land owned by eral Assembly, and I had to walk by (the and do the right thing,” Gov. Northam equitable and just,” Delegate Jones said. Larry Burton, city records show. It is located just a few blocks statue) with him,” Delegate Jones said. said Wednesday.

“We know everybody knows the origins of south of the Hopkins Lane property.

“And I asked him, ‘Who is this man?’

The Byrd statue is being stored in a this state, the origins of this commonwealth, Also on the list is a small, abandoned piece of property off and he choked up a little bit, knowing that separate location. General Services is are not equal to begin with. When we tell Magnolia Road that abuts the private Woodland Cemetery where man didn’t want him to go to school, in awaiting a General Assembly decision on our stories, I think we want to make sure tennis great and Richmond native Arthur Ashe Jr. is buried. The the public school system in Virginia. its final destination. There is no timeline we are telling the whole story, and that’s cemetery itself is now owned by Woodland Restoration Founda“Today is another step in our journey for when that discussion will begin or what what’s most important here.” tion, which is restoring it.

Another is a half-acre property at 6911 Old Westham Road in South Side. The wooded property, which is listed as taxvaccine. delinquent as well as unsellable because of the graves, is listed Want a COVID-19 vaccine?

Nationally, the Biden administration announced plans this as belonging to the estate of the late Robert Mickens.

Continued from A1 week to emphasize delivery of vaccines to family doctors, In recent years, the once-forgotten cemetery of the fraternal pediatricians and other youth-focused health professionals and group Sons of Ham, located next to what is now the University Johnson. to boost efforts with employers to get workers vaccinated.

• Sunday, July 11, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. – Brown’s Island, of Richmond in the West End, has garnered attention from a The plans were shared as concern mounts about the Fitz and the Tantrums outdoor concert, Pfizer and Johnson spread of the Delta variant of the virus in the United States group that includes relatives of people buried there. & Johnson. and abroad. The highly contagious nature of the variant has The expanding list of Black cemeteries in Richmond comes • Tuesday, July 13, 9 to 11 a.m. – State Department of led to a growing number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths amid a growing effort to identify and support such burial grounds Aging & Rehabilitative Services, 2001 Maywill St., Suite 202, among the unvaccinated and infection among some people that often date to the 19th century.

Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson; 1 to 3 p.m. – Chippenham who are fully vaccinated.

In the past four years, Richmond Delegate Delores L. McPlace Apartments, 5845 Orcutt Lane, Pfizer and Johnson & With Richmond, Petersburg, Hopewell and other Virginia Quinn has led a successful push to secure General Assembly Johnson; 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. – Sacred Heart Center Food Pantry, localities still below the 50 percent threshold of adults fully approval for state government funding to support maintenance of 1400 Perry St. vaccinated, state health officials urge greater caution from the historic Black cemeteries and to end the previous state practice • Wednesday, July 14, 3 to 6 p.m. – George Wythe High public as they push local vaccination efforts. of subsidizing the tending of graves of Confederates who fought School, 4314 Crutchfield St., Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson State officials reported 681,599 cases of COVID-19 statewide • Friday, July 16, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. – City Hall Vaccination on Wednesday, along with 30,666 hospitalizations and 11,436 to destroy the nation to maintain slavery.

Event, 900 E. Broad St., Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson; 10 deaths. Virginia’s seven-day positivity rate is 2 percent. Last Support for Black cemeteries has been a long time coming as a.m. to 2 p.m. – Henrico West Clinic, 8600 Dixon Powers week, it was 1.6 percent. shown by the battle to save the African Burial Ground at 15th Drive, Pfizer; According to state data, African-Americans comprised 22.5 and Broad streets in Shockoe Bottom, which was long used as N Children ages 12 to 15 may only receive the Pfizer vaccine.

End the inconvenience of empty newspaper percent of cases statewide and 25.1 percent of deaths for which a parking lot. boxes, fighting Appointments are not required, but individuals can schedule ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 16 For more than 10 years, the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, the weather and hunting down back copies. an appointment online at vax.rchd.com or by calling (804) percent of cases and 6.5 percent of deaths.

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Richmond 17,178 834 271 More than 4.3 million people are fully vaccinated in Virginia, Henrico County 26,034 1,115 638 The campaign finally bore fruit during the administration or 51.2 percent of the population, while 59.4 percent of the Chesterfield County 28,314 1,032 451 of Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell, who arranged to turn the population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 Hanover County 8,299 295 convenience, 167 the Richmond property the city sothe the asphalt could be removed and For your Freeover Presstooffers you the 18th century opportunity to receive the Richmond Free Press burial in the ground mail. memorialized.

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11 U.S. mayors commit to reparations as national example Free Press wire report

SACRAMENTO, Calif.

Eleven U.S. mayors — from Los Angeles to tiny Tullahassee, Okla., — have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a small group of Black residents in their cities, saying their aim is to set an example for the federal government on how a nationwide program could work.

The mayors had no details on how much it would cost, who would pay for it or how people would be chosen. All of those details would be worked out with the help of local commissions comprised of representatives from Black-led organizations set up to advise the mayor of each city. But the mayors say they are committed to paying reparations instead of just talking about them.

“Black Americans don’t need another study that sits on a shelf,” said St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones, the city’s first Black female mayor and a member of the group. “We need decisive action to address the racial wealth gap holding communities back across our country.”

The effort comes as Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the United States, has become a federal holiday. President Biden signed

a bill on June 17 that was passed by Congress to set aside Juneteenth, or June 19, as a holiday.

Slavery officially ended in the United States in 1865 with the adoption of the 13th amendment to U.S. Constitution. But its effects have lingered far beyond that, contributing to disparities in wealth and health and Mayor many areas between white and Black populations.

Since 1989, lawmakers in Congress introduced a bill that would form a commission to study and develop reparations proposals in the United States. But it has never passed. Last year, California became the first state to set up its own reparations commission. That group held its first meeting earlier this month.

The announcement on June 18 marks the largest city-led effort at paying reparations to date, but it isn’t the first. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted in March to appoint a 15-member African American Reparations Advisory Committee. That same month, the City Council of Evanston, Ill., voted to pay $400,000 to eligible Black households, part of a pledge to spend $10 million over the next 10

years. Qualifying households would get $25,000 to use for things like home repair or putting a down payment on property.

Last year, the City Council in Asheville, N.C., voted to approve reparations in the form of investments in areas of disparity for Black residents.

This group of mayors, Jones dubbed Mayors Organized for Reparations and Equity, or MORE, is led by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock. Their stated goal is for these reparations programs to “serve as high-profile demonstrations for how the country can more quickly move from conversation to action on reparations for Black Americans,” according to the group’s website.

“Let me be clear: Cities will never have the funds to pay for reparations on our own,” Mayor Garcetti said during a news conference last Friday to announce the group. “When we have the laboratories of cities show that there is much more to embrace than to fear, we know that we can inspire national action as well.”

It’s similar to the aim of another group of mayors who have experimented with guaranteed

income programs, where a small group of lowincome people receive cash payments each month with no restrictions on how they can spend it.

(Richmond, Va., and Mayor Levar M. Stoney are a part of this group.) The first such program was set up in Stockton, Calif., by former Mayor Michael Tubbs, who is listed as an “emeritus member” of the reparations group.

The other mayors are Jorge Elorza of Providence, R.I.,; Steve Adler of Austin, Texas; Steve Schewel of Durham, N.C.; Esther Manheimer of Asheville, N.C.; Quinton Lucas of Kansas City; Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento, Calif.; Melvin Carter of St. Paul, Minn.; and Keisha Currin of Tullahassee, Okla.

Tullahassee, a small town of fewer than 200 people in northeast Oklahoma, is the oldest of the surviving all-Black towns in the states that were founded after the U.S. abolished slavery.

Many of the first Black people to live there had been enslaved by Native American tribes that had allied with the Confederacy during the Civil War. “Slavery has played a huge part in my family and in my community,” Mayor Currin said.

“This program is going to show our community that we care.”

Damon Hewitt named new executive director of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law TriceEdneyWire.com

The executive committee of the Washington, D.C.-based Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has announced that veteran civil rights attorney and policy expert Damon Hewitt will serve as the organization’s next president and executive director.

Mr. Hewitt, who previously served as the organization’s executive vice president, will succeed Kristen Clarke, who recently was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as assistant attorney general for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Justice.

According to the Lawyers’ Committee, Mr. Hewitt has more than 20 years of civil rights litigation and policy experience, including prior leadership roles in the nonprofit, philanthropic, and public sectors. As executive vice president at the national Lawyers’ Committee, he coordinated the organization’s strategic, programmatic and operational efforts to advance the fight for racial justice.

“I am thrilled for this opportunity to lead the talented team at the national Lawyers’ Committee,” Mr. Hewitt said in a news release. “Every time our most fundamental rights have been under attack, our organization has answered the call, alongside a vast network of allies and partners in the private bar.

“At a time when our nation is at an important inflection point on racial justice and equity, I look forward to building on this proud tradition, while deepening our partnership with the private bar nationwide and leveraging new energy in the fight for racial justice. Together, we can make the promises of our democracy real and accessible for Black people, other people of color and all Americans.”

Retired Judge Shira Scheindlin, board co-chair of the national

Lawyers’ Committee Board of Directors, recalled how “last year was a critical year in the fight against those who sought to undo years of judicial and legislative progress on guaranteeing civil rights to all people of color.

But the fight is not over. The next stage will require equal or greater resolve and strategic thinking in order to reclaim and increase the progress made to ensure the guarantee Mr. Hewitt of civil rights for all. That is exactly why Damon Hewitt is the right leader at the right moment for the national Lawyers’ Committee,” she said.

“Damon’s extensive experience in defending and expanding civil rights and his strong relationships with other civil rights organizations will strengthen the organization’s partnerships and alliances and expand our collaboration with the private bar in fighting to protect civil rights across the United States,” she said.

Joseph K. West, also a board co-chair, said, “We believe Damon’s strong leadership and civil rights experience will continue the focus on our legal strategies, and strengthen and expand our partnerships with the private bar and the wider civil rights community ... Damon’s entire career has been predicated on reaching out to and representing historically underrepresented populations in America and I look forward to collaborating with him and my fellow board members to better position and elevate our work in the legal and civil rights fields.”

The Lawyers’ Committee said Mr. Hewitt’s experience is among his best leadership qualities.

“Hewitt’s outstanding track record speaks for itself as a

litigator, strategist, and bridge-builder in a variety of organizations and coalitions. Throughout his career, he has helped to lead efforts on issues critical for advancing racial justice, from education and voting rights to fair housing and criminal justice,” said the release.

Prior to joining the national Lawyers’ Committee, Mr. Hewitt was the inaugural executive director of the Executives’ Alliance for Boys and Men of Color, a philanthropic network of more than three dozen national and local foundation presidents focused on strategic and aligned investments, policy change and infrastructure-strengthening efforts at the intersection of race and gender.

For more than a decade, Mr. Hewitt served as an attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, where he led the organization’s response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and later directed the education litigation and policy docket.

Additionally, he served as a senior adviser at the Open Society Foundations, where he coordinated special projects, including philanthropic responses to the uprisings following police killings of unarmed Black people in Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore.

Mr. Hewitt also is co-author of the book, “The School-toPrison Pipeline: Structuring Legal Reform” and has published numerous law review and mass media articles on issues ranging from school discipline policy and progressive education reform to voting rights and juvenile justice policy.

A New Orleans native, Mr. Hewitt holds a bachelor’s in political science from Louisiana State University and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Following law school, he clerked for the Judge Eric L. Clay on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Employers say talk to the computer Free Press wire report

A day after her interview for a part-time job at Target last year, Dana Anthony got an email informing her she didn’t make the cut.

Ms. Anthony didn’t know why — a situation common to most job seekers at one point or another. But she also had no sense at all of how the interview had gone, because her interviewer was a computer.

More job-seekers, including some professionals, may soon have to accept impersonal online interviews where they never talk to another human being, or know if behind-the-scenes artificial-intelligence systems are influencing hiring decisions. Demand for online hiring services, which interview job applicants remotely via laptop or phone, mushroomed during the COVID-19 pandemic and remains high amid a perceived worker shortage as the economy opens back up.

These systems claim to save employers money, sidestep hidden biases that can influence human recruiters and expand the range of potential candidates. Many now also use AI to assess candidate skills by analyzing what they say.

Ms. Anthony likes to look an interviewer in the eyes, but all she could see was her own face reflected in the screen. “I interview better in person because I’m able to develop a connection with the person,” she said.

But experts question whether machines can accurately and fairly judge a person’s character traits and emotional signals. Algorithms tasked to learn who’s the best fit for a job can entrench bias if they’re taking cues from industries where racial and gender disparities are already prevalent.

And when a computer screens out some candidates and elevates others without explanation, it’s harder to know if it’s making fair assessments.

Ms. Anthony, for instance, couldn’t help wondering if her identity as a Black woman affected the decision.

“If you apply for a job and are rejected because of a biased algorithm, you certainly won’t know,” said Oxford University researcher Aislinn Kelly-Lyth. In a face-to-face interview, by contrast, a job seeker might pick up discriminatory cues from the interviewer, she said.

New rules proposed by the European Union would subject such AI hiring systems to tighter regulation.

Advocates have pushed for similar measures in the United States.

One of the leading companies in the field, Utah-based HireVue, gained notoriety in recent years by using AI technology to assess personality and job skills from an applicant’s facial expressions during the interview.

After heated criticism centered on the scientific validity of those claims and the potential for bias, the company announced earlier this year it would end the practice.

But its AI-based assessments, which rank the skills and personalities of applicants to flag the most promising for further review, still consider speech and word choices in its decisions.

The privately owned company helped create a market for “on-demand” video interviews. Its known customers have included retailers like Target and Ikea, major tech companies like Amazon, banks like JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, oil giants, restaurant chains, supermarkets, airlines, cruise lines and school districts. The Associated Press reached out to numerous brand-name employers that use the technology; most declined to discuss it.

HireVue CEO Kevin Parker says the company has worked hard to ensure its technology won’t discriminate based on factors such as race, gender or regional accents. Its systems, which translate speech to text and sift for clues about team orientation, adaptability, dependability and other job skills, can outperform human interviewers, he said.

“What we’re trying to replace is people’s gut instinct,” he said in —

Dana Anthony

naturally — a video interview.

HireVue says it interviewed more than 5.6 million people around the world in 2020. Supermarket chains used it to screen thousands of applicants a day amid a pandemic-fueled hiring surge for cashiers, stockers and delivery crews, Mr. Parker said.

Providers of broader hiring-focused software such as Modern Hire and Outmatch have started offering their own video interviews and AI assessment tools. On its website, Outmatch touts its ability to measure “the musthave soft skills your candidates and employees need to succeed.”

HireVue notes that most customers don’t actually use the company’s AIbased assessments. Atlanta’s school district, for instance, has used HireVue since 2014, but says it relies on 50 human recruiters to score recorded interviews. Target said the pandemic led it to replace in-person interviews with HireVue interviews, but the retail giant told the AP it relies on its own employees — not HireVue’s algorithms — to watch and evaluate prerecorded videos.

None of that was clear to Ms. Anthony when she sat down in front of a screen to interview for a seasonal job last year. She dressed for the occasion and settled into a comfortable spot.

The only hint of a human presence came in a pre-recorded introduction that laid out what to expect — noting, for instance, that she could delete an answer and start over.

But she had no way to know what

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sort of impression she was creating.

“We’re unable to provide specific feedback regarding your candidacy,” Target’s rejection email said. She was rejected again after completing a HireVue interview for a different job in December.

“I understand companies or organizations trying to be more mindful of the time and the finances they spend when it comes to recruitment,” said Ms. Anthony, who obtained a master’s degree in strategic communications last year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Still, the one-way interviews left her uneasy about who, or what, was evaluating her.

That inscrutability poses one of the biggest concerns about the rapid growth of complex algorithms in recruitment and hiring, Ms. Kelly-Lyth said.

In one infamous example, Amazon developed a resume-scanning tool to recruit top talent, but abandoned it after finding it favored men for technical roles — in part because it was comparing job candidates against the company’s own male-dominated tech workforce. A study released in April found that Facebook shows different job ads to women and men in a way that might violate antidiscrimination laws.

Governments across the United States and Europe are looking at possible checks on these hiring tools, including requirements for outside audits to ensure they don’t discriminate against women, minorities or people with disabilities. The proposed EU

rules, unveiled in April, would force providers of AI systems that screen or evaluate job candidates to meet new requirements for accuracy, transparency and accountability.

HireVue has begun phasing out its face-scanning tool, which analyzed expressions and eye movements and faced derision by academics as “pseudoscience” reminiscent of the discredited and racist 19th-century theory of phrenology. The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a complaint in 2019 with the Federal Trade Commission, citing a HireVue executive who had said 10 percent to 30 percent of a candidate’s score was based on facial expressions.

“The value it was adding related to the controversy it was creating wasn’t very much,” Mr. Parker told the AP. HireVue also released portions of a third-party audit that examined fairness and bias issues around its automated tools. A published summary recommended minor changes such as modifying the weight given to the especially short answers disproportionately provided by minority candidates.

Critics welcomed the audit but said it was merely a start.

“I don’t think the science really supports the idea that speech patterns would be a meaningful assessment of someone’s personality,” said Sarah Myers West of New York University’s AI Now Institute, which studies the social implications of AI. For instance, she said, such systems have historically had trouble understanding women’s voices.

Kian Betancourt, a 26-year-old who is pursuing a doctorate in organizational psychology at Hofstra University, also failed a remote HireVue interview for a consulting position earlier this year. He acknowledged that he might have tried too hard to predict how the system would evaluate him for a consultancy job, tailoring his diction to include keywords he thought might boost his score.

While Mr. Betancourt is supportive of “structured interviews” involving a standard set of questions, he’s bothered by the opacity of automated systems.

“Tell people exactly how we’re being evaluated, even if it’s something as simple as, ‘This is an AI interview,’” he said. That basic information can affect how people present themselves, he said.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones There’s nothing better than the warm embrace of family.

That’s one of the lessons New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones signaled this week when she announced that she’s finished with the uncalled for fight by conservative blockheads at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill over the terms of her employment there, and she’s taking her talents and $20 million in donations to Howard University’s journalism school.

Good for Ms. Hannah-Jones. And good for Howard University for opening the door to her and her brilliance. The students at Howard will benefit from her knowledge and experience as she opens and leads the university’s new Center for Journalism and Democracy as the inaugural Knight Chair in Race and Reporting.

Many people are familiar with Ms. Hannah-Jones and her seminal work on The 1619 Project that was published in the New York Times magazine during the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans brought to English North America in Virginia. The work focused on the nation’s history and the contributions of African-Americans and the resulting and long consequences of slavery. Ms. Hannah-Jones, 45, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2020 for her opening essay in the project.

But her contributions to journalism go beyond that. Her previous insightful work has been recognized with journalism’s other prestigious awards — the Polk and Peabody awards — and she has received the coveted MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship.

Additionally, she established the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting in 2016 at UNC in an effort both to give back to her alma mater — she earned a master’s degree in journalism at UNC — and to give young journalists the skills and tools for in-depth reporting.

But despite her impeccable credentials, the UNC Board of Visitors blocked her appointment with tenure to the Knight Chair at Chapel Hill in a hubristic — and racist — move orchestrated by an Arkansas newspaper publisher and mega donor who, based on several published reports, essentially is jealous of her “celebrity” and takes umbrage with her views on slavery and American history.

To be clear, every Knight Chair at UNC since the 1980s has been given a full professorship with tenure.

The issue touched off a firestorm at the school by students, faculty, alumni, donors and others who questioned the university’s actions and motives. Students have protested and petitions have circulated calling for Ms. Hannah-Jones to be hired with tenure. The UNC board’s actions are suspect, particularly set against a backdrop of racial reckoning on the campus and across the nation.

While the board finally came to its senses and offered Ms. Hannah-Jones tenure last week, Ms. Hannah-Jones announced Tuesday that she was turning it down and heading to Howard — her new home.

“At some point when you have proven yourself and fought your way into institutions that were not built for you, when you’ve proven you can compete and excel at the highest level, you have to decide that you are done forcing yourself in,” Ms. Hannah-Jones wrote in a detailed explanation of why she rejected UNC’s delinquent offer and will devote her time and talent to Howard University and its students. “… I have decided that instead of fighting to prove I belong at an institution that until 1955 prohibited Black Americans from attending, I am instead going to work in the legacy of a university not built by the enslaved but for those who once were. For too long, Black Americans have been taught that success is defined by gaining entry to and succeeding in historically white institutions. I have done that, and now I am honored and grateful to join the long legacy of Black Americans who have defined success by working to build up their own.”

The entire episode has shined a light on the unequal and unfair treatment meted out to Black people in academia — and other professions — that hinder progress for individuals, institutions and our nation as a whole. The continued mistreatment and marginalization of people of color hurts the collective when we deny and fail to acknowledge and reward someone’s talent. Then we wonder why there are so few Black professors at predominately white institutions, why even fewer are tenured and why such small percentages of Black students sit in the classrooms.

The same goes for the scant number of Black CEOs of major companies and heads of various businesses and organizations, as well as the lack of diversity in newsrooms of white-owned media across the country.

There is no doubt that scores of journalism schools across the nation would have been honored to have a professional of Ms. Hannah-Jones’ caliber to join their faculty. But we understand Ms. Hannah-Jones’ viewpoint; it gets tiresome when Black people must continue to prove themselves and their qualifications to white people who plainly and simply don’t want them around.

We applaud Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick and Dr. Gracie Lawson-Borders, dean of the university’s Cathy Hughes School of Communications, for making a space for a journalistic gem. We also applaud the Knight Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation and an anonymous donor for investing in the future success of Howard’s program with Ms. Hannah-Jones and awardwinning writer Ta-Nehisi Coates providing leadership and lessons for the students.

The episode also highlights the importance of HBCUs and the imperative that we provide them our full support of time, talent and treasure as they outfit the next generation with the knowledge, skills and abilities to continue the fight for progress.

“In the storied tradition of the Black press, the Center for Journalism and Democracy will help produce journalists capable of accurately and urgently covering the perilous challenges of our democracy with a clarity, skepticism, rigor and historical dexterity that is too often missing from today’s journalism,” Ms. Hannah-Jones said in her statement.

Surely, success will come because of and not in spite of a universe of circumstances.

Welcome home, Ms. Hannah-Jones.

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D.C. statehood must be achieved

“Congress has both the moral obligation and the constitutional authority to pass the D.C. statehood bill. This country was founded on the principles of no taxation without representation and consent of the governed, but D.C. residents are taxed without representation and cannot consent to the laws under which they, as American citizens, must live.” — Eleanor Holmes Norton, delegate to U.S. House of Representatives representing the District of Columbia I had the recent honor of testifying before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs in support of Statehood for the District of Columbia.

While in law school in Washington, D.C., I grew to love the community and made the city my second home. As a member of the D.C. statehood Commission from 2006 to 2010, I advocated for D.C. statehood.

As the former mayor of New Orleans, I have deep experience in running a busy and thriving city with a diverse population.

Residents of these cities, like Americans across the country, must have representation in Congress to meet their needs

and protect their rights. Yet the citizens of the District of Columbia continue to be denied this representation and are relegated to second class citizenship.

The international community agrees. The United Nations Human Rights Committee, the Organization of American States

Marc H. Morial and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe all have recognized the injustice of D.C.’s status.

Nearly 700,000 Americans live in the District of Columbia and suffer under the daily injustice of “Taxation without Representation.” They pay the highest per capita federal income taxes in the country, serve on juries and fight and die in wars, yet they are denied full democratic rights. They are unable to bring grievances to influential federal officials, reap the benefits available to other congressional constituents or have a say in the important issues of war and peace that confront this nation.

As a civil rights and human services organization, the National Urban League is in a unique position to see how this lack of representation directly impacts the populations we serve — most extremely during the past year. Black and brown communities suffered higher

rates of infections, deaths and unemployment due to COVID-19.

Racial inequities in education, housing, employment, health care and household wealth are worse than they were before the pandemic struck.

Nowhere is this tragedy more evident than in the District of Columbia, where residents, including essential workers and small business owners, were in dire need of the relief afforded under the federal CARES Act. Unlike other citizens, they did not have congressional input into the CARES Act and they initially were denied $755 million in critical direct relief.

D.C. residents are not able to hold elected representatives accountable for these harms.

They are not represented by a Congress member who can vote to establish a commission to investigate the Capitol insurrection or to reimagine public safety through the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. I am grateful to U.S. Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware for calling national attention to the second class status of the citizens of the District of Columbia by introducing the Washington, D.C. Admission Act in the Senate.

I also applaud the longstanding and strong leadership on this issue by D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who authored the first statehood bill in 1991 upon first arriving in

National anthem ‘doesn’t speak for me’ Frances Scott Key, author of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” our national anthem, was a dyed-in-the-wool racist. He opined that “Negroes” were a “distinct and inferior race.” He was a slaveholder from a family of slaveholders who influenced the odious seventh President Andrew Jackson to appoint Roger B. Taney, the author of the Dred Scott decision (“Blacks have no rights that whites are bound to respect”) to the U.S. Supreme Court.

When I hear the words, “land of the free, home of the brave,” I think, “land of the thief, home of the slave.” As early as 1836, abolitionists were mocking the song, taking that offensive line and recasting it as “the land of the free, home of the oppressed.”

When you delve into the lyrics, Mr. Key’s utter contempt for Black people was apparent. But the Daughters of the Confederacy—surprise, surprise—were among those who thought this slave-deriding song should be our national anthem. In doing so, they ensured that generations of schoolchildren would never learn the truth about the hypocrisy of their country, fighting for freedom against the Brits while also fighting for the right to deny others freedom.

When Gwen Berry, the African-American athlete who has qualified for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, turned

her back on the American flag while the troublesome national anthem was playing, she invited criticism for her actions and the paradox of the African- American reality in this nation.

Ms. Berry said, “The anthem doesn’t speak for me,” giving voice to the ambivalence that so many African-American people

Julianne Malveaux feel about this nation. We are disgusted by the injustice and hypocrisy woven into every fabric of our lives, even as we experience and enjoy aspects of progress and opportunity that distinguish our lives from those of our enslaved foremothers and forefathers.

Ms. Berry turned her back and covered her face with a T-shirt that said “Activist athlete” in the spirit of Frederick Douglass, who famously asked what the Fourth of July (the Fourth of You Lie) could mean to the Negro.

Generations have been taught “The Star-Spangled Banner” without understanding its author or the meaning of its lyrics. That the Daughters of the Confederacy championed it ought to say enough. Since their inception in 1894, those women have been determined to embrace the Southern “Lost Cause.” Historically openly racist, they endorsed the Ku Klux Klan at their 1919 convention.

Their headquarters in Richmond, Va., the cradle of the confederacy, was damaged by fire last year as people protested the murder of George Floyd at the

knee of Derek Chauvin. Their ideology ought to be equally incinerated.

While many opposed the national anthem, Woodrow Wilson, whose own racial views were questionable, embraced the anthem. Still, it was not made official until the passage of HR 14 in 1929. Before that, “America the Beautiful” (“Oh beautiful, for gracious skies”) was considered the national anthem. The Ray Charles rendition, and his struggles to sing it in Georgia, are more impactful emblems of “America” than the lyrics of a slaveholder could ever be.

Ms. Berry said the anthem did not speak for her, but it still seems to speak for so many of our fellow citizens who mindlessly sing racist lyrics penned by a slaveholding man. As long as this is our international calling card, so long as this is the music that accompanies our athletic victories, we tell our Black athletes that they are valued for their athleticism, but not for their lives and for the injustices they experience. To force someone to stand up and listen to that nonsense is to shove patriotism down the throats of those who feel somewhat less than patriotic.

Ms. Berry is one of a long line of activist athletes. She deserves applause, not approbation. She says “The Star-Spangled Banner” doesn’t speak for her. It doesn’t speak for me either.

The writer is an economist, author and dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at California State University at Los Angeles.

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Congress and who has remained a steady soldier in the fight for equality for the District’s citizens.

Black Americans have bled and died for the right to vote in this country for centuries. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the landmark case Wesberry v.

Sanders says it best: “No right is more precious in a free country than that of having a voice in the election of those who make the laws under which, as good citizens, we must live. Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined.”

We cannot allow this denial of constitutional rights to continue right outside of Congress’s front door. The goals of our Civil Rights Movement will not be realized until D.C. statehood is achieved.

The writer is president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League.

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Voting rights: What’s next after U.S. Supreme Court decision?

One step forward, two steps backward.

On July 1, the same day that the Virginia Voting Rights Act went into effect, the U.S. Supreme Court mounted a frontal attack on American voting rights.

How did we get here?

If you recall, in 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court gutted Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act in their historic Shelby v. Holder decision. The best way I have ever heard that ruling explained in layman’s terms is that removing Section 5 was akin to “throwing away an umbrella because it’s not raining at the moment.”

I’ve also heard it described as “taking away the keys to the car.”

In the civil rights community, we were collectively disappointed but hoped that either our legislators in Congress would pass a new VRA or that the remaining sections would hold intact to protect the voting rights gains of the last half century.

Earlier this year, the Virginia Voting Rights Act was championed in the Virginia General Assembly by state Sen. Jennifer McClellan of Richmond and Delegate Marcia Price of Newport News and signed into law by Gov. Ralph S. Northam. Passage of the Virginia Voting Rights Act initially was hailed as a second-

Da’Quan Love ary safeguard against new voter restrictions.

But last week, this new legislation instantly became our life raft of last resort to protect our right to vote.

As the national NAACP put in a statement, “The 6-3 ruling in Brnovich v. Democratic National Convention places new restrictions on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which was

Mayor and School Board must work out differences for sake of the city Re “Community members call for School Board to work with city on new George Wythe,” Free Press June 24 edition: Like many Richmond citizens, I have been watching, reading and discussing the debate over the building of a new George Wythe High School. My concern is that the two sides, the mayor and the School Board, cannot agree to sit down at the table and work this out.

I know Mayor Levar M. Stoney has called for this action and members of the School Board have called for discussions as well. However, it has not occurred. Is the issue over who controls the construction or is the issue that the mayor will control who is awarded contracts? If that is the case, set up a review board that consists of School Board members and the mayor’s staff.

Is the issue that the Request for Proposal,

or RFP, has a timeline that needs to be met in order for the school to be built by 2024? Is it a case of money, the city debt ceiling? Whatever, work it out!

What I do not like is that divisive politics has seeped into the issue. I do not like seeing well-intentioned persons being vilified by opposing parties. What I do not like is that the two sides seem to be concerned with making sure their voices are heard and that the issue of working together, finding a compromise, is getting lost in the friction.

There appear to be other concerns such as the mayor controlling the bidding process, the cost and size of the school and whether or not the School Board is equipped to oversee construction by 2024. I have not heard anything that cannot be worked out by the sides having open, honest communication with one another.

Can the two sides come together for the sake of the students, for the sake of the public, for the sake of the city of Richmond? Can we cease fire and stop playing chess with our students’ futures? Can the adults in the room set an example for our youths and sit down and work this out?

Work together to get George Wythe built by 2024. This can be a transitional project as the Mayor’s Office works with the School Board knowing that RPS will be in control of school construction moving forward.

It is time to come to the table and work together for the sake of our city and for the sake of George Wythe High School.

JONATHAN DAVIS Richmond The writer is president of the Richmond Crusade for Voters.

signed into law almost 40 years ago by Ronald Reagan. The Court sent the clear message that vote suppressors around the country will go unchecked as they enact voting restrictions that disproportionately impact voters of color.”

Since the Supreme Court’s ruling, I have been asked repeatedly, “What’s next?” and “Where do we go from here?”

The easy answer would be that we need to pressure Congress to pass legislation like the John Lewis Voting Rights Act or similar reforms.

However, here at the Virginia NAACP, we believe that now more than ever we must enshrine the right to vote in our state Constitution. We must work tirelessly to pass SJ272, championed by state Sen. Mamie Locke of Hampton.

Earlier this year, Sen. Locke’s bill achieved its first round of success with passage in the Virginia General Assembly. Since it is a constitutional amendment, it will need to be passed again in 2022 by the General Assembly before going to the voters in a referendum—similar to the redistricting reforms that were on the ballot in 2020.

What does this bill have to do with the U.S. Supreme Court decision?

Everything. Now that our federal government has essentially denied its citizens protection to access the ballot, our state leaders must move expeditiously to permanently guarantee every citizen the right to vote here in the Commonwealth through this constitutional amendment.

What excites us the most about SJ272 is that it changes the voting requirements to a similar criteria: The individual is 18 years old or older, they are a United States citizen and they are a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

What wasn’t included in the criteria? The Jim-Crow relic of felon disenfranchisement. Passage of SJ272 would remove Virginia from the list of just three states in America where a person convicted of a felony gets banned from voting for life unless a governor chooses to give them their rights back.

Furthermore, this amendment would allow people in prisons and jails awaiting trial the opportunity to exercise their right to vote. If our justice system is going to be a true rehabilitation, then we must allow them to practice exercising their civic duty and soon-to-be constitutional right.

The Virginia NAACP, with support of our national office and our more than 100 branches, youth councils and college chapters across the Commonwealth, will be advocating for passage of SJ272 so we no longer have to take one step forward and two steps backward.

The writer is executive director of the Virginia State Conference NAACP. He can be reached at naacpva.org.

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A8 July 8-10, 2021

Sports Stories by Fred Jeter

Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks go head to head in the NBA Finals With the very first pick of the 2018 NBA Draft, the Phoenix Suns selected Deandre Ayton out of the University Arizona.

Since then, the Suns have risen from the NBA’s worst team (21-61 in 2017-18) to being on the cusp of their first-ever championship.

The Suns were 51-21 this season and added playoff series wins over the Los Angeles Lakers, the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Clippers to reach the NBA Finals against the Milwaukee Bucks.

The Bucks survived a six-game series against the Atlanta Hawks despite a leg injury to Giannis Antetokounmpo. It remains to be seen how much Antetokounmpo, a two-time league MVP, will be available and how effective he might be during the finals.

Antetokounmpo was averaging 28.2 points, 12.7 rebounds and 5.2 assists in the playoffs before the injury. He missed the last two games against Atlanta.

But while the Bucks are entering the finals with a decided limp, the Suns are charging at full speed, with Ayton being a top-of-the-list reason why.

Ayton gives Phoenix an ominous “Big

Three” with sensational guards Devin Booker and Chris Paul.

The 22-year-old Ayton averaged 18 points and 14 rebounds against the Clippers.

On the low post, he likely will be challenged by Milwaukee’s Brook Lopez.

When healthy, the versatile Antetokounmpo plays more like a small forward, as adept on the perimeter as he is in the paint.

In his 13th season out of Stanford University, Lopez, 33, uses his 7-foot, 270-pound mass to clog the lane and make life difficult for the likes of Ayton. He will be the most imposing big man Ayton has faced in the playoffs.

The Suns have been both lucky and good in reaching the finals. In advancing through the playoffs, Phoenix benefited from injuries to the opposition.

The Lakers’ Anthony Davis was limited, as was Denver’s Jamal Murray and the Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard. And now Antetokounmpo is “iffy.”

Another “big man” for the Suns is on the bench. He is second-year Coach Monty Williams, 6-foot-8, a native of Fredericksburg, Va., and a former standout at the

University of Notre Dame and in the NBA. Williams is seeking to become the first Black head coach to win the NBA title since Tyronn Lue with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016. The last before Lue was Boston’s Doc Rivers in 2008.

The very first Black championship coach was Boston’s Bill Russell in 1968. At the time, Russell was the Celtics’ “player-coach.”

The Suns have never won the NBA title.

Milwaukee took top honors in 1971 with the “Big Three” of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson and native Richmonder Bobby Dandridge.

In his second season out of Norfolk State University, Dandridge averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds in helping the Bucks to a 4-0 NBA Finals sweep of the Baltimore Bullets.

Milwaukee returned to the finals in 1974, losing in seven games to Boston.

Brook Lopez

Deandre Ayton

For all the marbles NBA finals (Best of 7 series, which began Tuesday, July 6, in Phoenix) Eastern Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks versus Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns Remaining schedule: Thursday, July 8 Milwaukee at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Sunday, July 11 Phoenix at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, July 14 Phoenix at Milwaukee, 9 p.m.

Saturday, July 17 Milwaukee at Phoenix, if necessary, 9 p.m.

Tuesday, July 20 Phoenix at Milwaukee, if necessary, 9 p.m.

Thursday, July 22 Milwaukee at Phoenix, if necessary, 9 p.m.

From left, Byron Buxton, Salvador Pérez, Vladimir Guerrero, Marcus Semien, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers, Aaron Judge, Teoscar Hernández and Shohei Ohtani

Players of color dominate AL lineup in MLB All-Star Game Players of color will be front and center at next week’s Major League All-Star Game.

Due to an injury to Los Angeles Angels’ outfielder Mike Trout, all nine hitters in the American League starting lineup are expected to be players of color.

Trout, a three-time league MVP, was voted onto the team by fans but will not be able to compete because of a leg injury. His spot likely will be filled

by Byron Buxton, Michael Brantley or Cedric Mullins who finished fourth, fifth and sixth in balloting. All are African-American.

Here’s the way the AL lineup looks by position: Catcher: Salvador Pérez (Kansas City Royals), age 31, from Venezuela.

First base: Vladimir Guerrero (Toronto Blue Jays), 22, born in Canada but grew up in the Dominican

Republic.

Second base: Marcus Semien (Toronto Blue Jays), 30, from San Francisco.

Shortstop: Xander Bogaerts (Boston Red Sox), 28, from Aruba.

Third base: Rafael Devers (Boston Red Sox), 24, from the Dominican Republic.

Outfield: Aaron Judge ( New York Yankees), 29, from Linden, Calif.; Teoscar Hernández (Toronto Blue Jays), 28, from the Dominican Republic; and Buxton (Minnesota Twins), 27, from Baxley, Ga. (he is likely fill-in for Trout).

Designated hitter: Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles Angels), 27, from Japan.

Ohtani leads MLB with 31 home runs and 67 RBIs while also posting a 3-1 pitching record with 83 strikeouts in 60 innings. There is a chance he will DH and also pitch in the All-Star game, thus becoming the first to do so. He

WNBA’s Maya Moore to receive Arthur Ashe Courage Award Maya Moore, who put her brilliant WNBA career on hold to address the need for criminal justice reform, is this year’s winner of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.

Moore, now 32, stepped away from the game in early 2019 to fight for the release of Maya Moore Jonathan Irons, who had been wrongly convicted when he was 16 of burglary and assault and sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Irons had spent 23 years in a Missouri prison when his conviction was overturned last year. He was released in July 2020 and has since married Moore. They met through a prison ministry.

Founded in 1993, the Arthur Ashe Courage Award is part of the ESPY Awards and given to a sports-related individual or team that has made the most significant or compelling humanitarian contribution in transcendence of sports in a given year. The Ashe Award “reflects the spirit of Arthur Ashe, possessing strength in the face of adversity, courage in the face of peril and the willingness to stand up for beliefs.”

This year’s ESPY Awards will be broadcast 8 p.m.

Saturday, July 10, on ABC, which presents the awards.

They previously were given by ESPN. A native of Jefferson City, Mo., the 6-foot Moore was a two-time Most Valuable Player in the WNBA while helping the Minnesota Lynx to four WNBA titles.

Before becoming the WNBA’s first overall draft pick in 2011, Moore helped the University of Connecticut to two NCAA crowns.

Moore announced earlier this year that she would not be returning to the WNBA for the 2021 season.

Basketball coach Jim Valvano was the first Arthur Ashe Courage Award recipient in 1993. Basketball star Kevin Love was the 2020 winner. Other previous winners were Muhammad Ali, former NFL player Pat Tillman, Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos, Nelson Mandela, TV broadcaster Robin Roberts, former decathlete Caitlyn Jenner and Bill Russell.

A galaxy of stars What: 91st Major League Baseball All-Star Game When: Tuesday, July 13 Place: Coors Field in Denver First pitch: 7:30 p.m. Eastern Coverage: FOX television; ESPN radio Other Denver events: Futures Game featuring minor leaguers, July 11; Home Run Derby, July 12; and Major League Draft, July 11-13

throws right but bats left. ★ On the National League side, the only players of color in the starting lineup will be shortstop Fernando Tatís of the San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña. Tatís hails from the Dominican Republic,

while Acuña is from Venezuela. ★ Starters were selected by fans online at MLB.com. The reserves and pitchers will be added this weekend based on fan balloting and the Commissioner’s Office. ★ The MLB All-Star Game was an all-white affair until 1949, when four Black players were named. They were Jackie Robinson, Don Newcombe and Ron Campanella, all of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and Larry Doby of the Cleveland Indians. ★ The All-Star MVP Award was first given in 1962. The first three MVPs were Black—Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills and Los Angeles Angels outfielder Leon Wagner, both in 1962, and San Francisco’s Willie Mays in 1963.

Mays also won the title in 1968.

There will be a Richmond fans’

‘Let Sha’Carri run!’

Nearly 500,000 sign petition calling for her reinstatement in the Olympics Free Press wire report

More than a half million fans are coming to the defense of America’s fastest woman, flamboyant track star Sha’Carri Richardson, who has been barred from Olympic competition over marijuana use after winning the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.86 seconds during the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore., on June 19.

Richardson, who became a fan favorite with her long orange hair, long lashes, long painted fingernails and lightning speed, was given a one-month ban on July 1 after testing positive for THC, the active component of marijuana.

Marijuana is legal for adult use in Oregon, but it is banned by the International Olympic Committee’s World Anti-Doping Agency unless an athlete has been granted a medical exemption.

Richardson’s 30-day suspension disqualified her from the 100-meter dash at the Tokyo Olympic Games later this month,

but officials had left open the possibility that she would be allowed to run in the women’s 4x100 relay that starts Aug. 5.

But her name was missing Tuesday from the 130-person roster sent out by USA Track & Field. The federation had two discretionary picks beyond the top four finishers in the 100-meter final at trials but chose not to offer a spot to the 21-year-old sprinter, who was expected to challenge for Olympic gold.

Asked how Richardson was taking the news, her agent, Renaldo Nehemiah, responded late Tuesday: “We haven’t spoken about it at all. It was actually not a topic we focused on.”

Richardson said she used cannabis in a “state of emotional panic” after learning of the death of her biological mother from a reporter one week before the trials took place.

“I know what I did,” Richardson told NBC News Friday. “I know what I’m supposed to do … I still made that decision.”

“We are incredibly sympathetic to-

Olympic-bound JuVaughn Harrison hopes to bring back gold in long, high jumps Among the highest compliments for any athlete is to be mentioned in a comparison to Jim Thorpe.

JuVaughn Harrison has earned that right. The Louisiana State University JuVaughn Harrison standout is nicknamed “Mr. Jumps” for good reason.

The 22-year-old is the first since the iconic Thorpe in 1912 to double up as both the high jump and long jump king at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Competing in 100-plus degree heat in Eugene, Ore., the biomedical engineering major won the high jump at 7-7¾ and the long jump at 27-9½.

The 6-foot-4 native of Huntsville, Ala., will travel to Tokyo later this month with LSU teammate 400-meter qualifier Michael Cherry.

“I’m going there with the goal of winning both events,” Harrison told Jim Thorpe the media in Oregon. “I don’t like to lose.”

Making history is nothing new for Harrison. He also became the first to win the long jump and the high jump at the NCAA meet, and he did it three times.

Globally, Harrison ranks second in both the long and high jumps.

Russian Ilya Ivanyuk ranks first in the high jump while Miltiadis “Miltos” Tentoglou of Greece is No. 1 in the long jump.

favorite in the All-Star Futures Games on Aug. 11. Richmond Flying Squirrels’ outfielder Heliot Ramos will play for the National League minor-leaguers.

Ramos was the San Francisco Giants’ No. 1 draft pick out of Puerto Rico in 2017. He has been with Richmond all season. ★ Politics played a role in this year’s MLB All-Star Game being held in Denver. Originally scheduled for Atlanta, the game was moved to Coors Field

by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred in response to passage of a restrictive voting rights law in Georgia. ★ While there are always surprises, there is ample evidence the first overall MLB draft pick July 11 in Denver will be 18-year-old shortstop Marcelo Mayer out of Eastlake High in Chula Vista, Calif. The Pittsburgh Pirates have the first pick.

ward Sha’Carri R i c h a r d s o n ’s extenuating circumstances and strongly applaud her accountability — and will offer her our continued support both on Sha’Carri Richardson and off the track,” the USATF said in a written statement, adding it believes the World Anti-Doping Agency rules regarding THC “would be re-evaluated.”

But its statement continued: “All USATF athletes are equally aware of and must adhere to the current anti-doping code, and our credibility as the National Governing Body would be lost if rules were only enforced under certain circumstances.

“While our heartfelt understanding lies with Sha’Carri, we must also maintain fairness for all of the athletes who attempted to realize their dreams by securing a place on the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team.”

Fans continue to push for her reinstatement, calling the pot ban “outdated and arbitrarily enforced.”

A“Let Sha’Carri Run!” petition sponsored

by MoveOn Civic Action, a progressive lobbying group, has garnered more than 526,000 signatures since July 2.

“In no world is marijuana a performanceenhancing drug for runners, and in more places in the United States and around the world, marijuana use is legal,” the petition reads. “The imposition of a penalty against a world-class Black, queer, woman athlete is powerfully and infuriatingly reminiscent of the way drug laws are regularly applies in the United States. Recreational marijuana use has been de facto legal for upper-middleclass white people for years – something more states are recognizing as they legalize marijuana for all people and consider how to repair the damage done to Black and brown communities by decades of the ‘war on drugs.’

“The world is coming together for a Summer Olympics postponed by a global pandemic,” the petition continues, “and we deserve to see the best athletes in fair, open competition. That includes Sha’Carri Richardson, whose one-month penalty is excessively punitive for an irrational, outdated rule.

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Personality: John S. ‘Johnny’ Newman Jr. Spotlight on recipient of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity’s Elder Watson Diggs Award A storied pro basketball career, educational and entrepreneurial success and helping to better the lives of AfricanAmerican youths.

For most people, any one of these accomplishments would be a high water mark. But for John S. “Johnny” Newman Jr., who next week is to receive Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity’s Elder Watson Diggs Award, they’re all just chapters in a life well lived.

“I was overjoyed, delighted and humbled with the news,” Mr. Newman says about learning he had won the national fraternity’s second highest award. “This is a great honor, and to be selected by my fellow brothers of this great fraternity is overwhelming.”

The Danville native and former University of Richmond basketball standout who played 16 seasons in the NBA, including with the New York Knicks and the Charlotte Hornets, is being recognized for his “stellar achievement and outstanding performance documented throughout his years of service to Kappa Alpha Psi Inc.” according to the fraternity’s executive director, John F. Burrell.

The award will be presented to Mr. Newman on Wednesday, July 14, during the fraternity’s national conclave in Phoenix.

Mr. Newman pledged Kappa Alpha Psi in April 1983 through the Eta Xi Chapter at Virginia Commonwealth University, after being introduced to the fraternity during his freshman year at the University of Richmond. He cites the influence of fraternity members such as his high school coach, Harry J. Johnson in Danville, as key inspirations for his involvement in the fraternity.

Mr. Newman currently is a member of the fraternity’s alumni chapters in both Richmond and Danville.

“Kappa Alpha Psi is a very important part of my life,” Mr. Newman says. “It has given me the opportunity to learn and work with so many men of high achievement for the betterment of our communities.”

In the nearly 40 years he has

been involved with the fraternity, Mr. Newman has worked to further the organization’s mission to lead African-American youths to greater success and accomplishments.

He helped develop the fraternity’s Sports and Entertainment Committee, which encouraged many members to re-engage with the fraternity. As a result of the effort, the committee helped expand the fraternity’s “Room to Read” program in which members across the nation mentor youths through reading and civic engagement.

Mr. Newman currently is using his professional network and business acumen to develop and host a television show called “Nupe to Nupe.” The show will be used as a platform for fellow athletes, entertainers and others to share how Kappa Alpha Psi has influenced their careers and lives for the better.

This mix of forward-thinking ideas and focus on community improvement has defined Mr. Newman’s relationship and approach to Kappa Alpha Psi. “I am proud to be a Kappa,” Mr. Newman says. “It was one of the best decisions of my life.

I am grateful that my professional experience has given me a platform to raise awareness and highlight the achievements of our fraternity and the standards we hold and value to help attract new members through that spotlight.”

Meet a team player dedicated to the mission of Kappa Alpha Psi and this week’s Personality, John S. “Johnny” Newman Jr.: Date and place of birth: Nov. 28 in Danville.

Where I live now: Richmond.

Occupation: Entrepreneur, writer and youth advocate.

Education: George Washington High School in Danville; bachelor’s degree, University of Richmond; master’s, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Family: Married with four kids and two dogs.

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity is: A historically African-American fraternity. It is a social and community service-based

organization. Since the fraternity’s founding on Jan. 5, 1911, at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never restricted membership on the basis of color, creed or national origin. Kappa Alpha Psi is a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council and the North American Interfraternity Conference. The fraternity is the oldest predominantly African-American Greek-letter society founded west of the Appalachian Mountains still in existence. Kappa Alpha Psi celebrated its 110th anniversary on Jan. 5, 2021.

Fraternity founders: Elder Watson Diggs, Dr. Ezra D. Alexander, Dr. Byron Kenneth Armstrong, Attorney Henry T. Asher, Dr. Marcus Peter Blakemore, Paul Waymond Caine, George Wesley Edmonds, Dr. Guy Levis Grant, Edward Giles Irvin and Sgt.

John Milton Lee. Mission of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity: The fraternity would be more than another social organization. Reliance would be placed upon high Christian ideals and the purpose of achievement. The fraternity would seek to raise the sights of Black youths and stimulate them to accomplishments higher than might otherwise be realized or even imagined.

Fraternity’s national headquarters: Philadelphia.

When and where I became a member: April 1983 at Virginia Commonwealth University, the Eta Xi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi. Currently, I am a member of both the Richmond Alumni Chapter and the Danville Alumni Chapter.

What Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity means to me: Kappa Alpha Psi is a very important part of my life. It has given me

the opportunity to learn and work with so many men of high achievement for the betterment of our communities.

Reason for Elder Watson Diggs Award: The Elder Watson Diggs Award is bestowed upon alumni members who demonstrate meritorious achievements in their local community or region. Recipients are selected based on petitions submitted to the Achievement Commission, a 13-member committee appointed by the Grand Polemarch, or national president.

First reaction to news of being selected for award: I was overjoyed, delighted and humbled with the news.

When and where the award will be presented: At 7 p.m.

Wednesday, July 14, during the 85th Grand Chapter Meeting July 10 to July 17, in Phoenix.

What award means to me: It means the world to me. This is a great honor, and to be selected by my fellow brothers of this great fraternity is overwhelming.

Number of fraternity chapters: There are more than 721 undergraduate and alumni chapters in every state of the United States, and international chapters in the United Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, Japan, U.S. Virgin Islands, Panama, Nigeria, South Africa, The Bahamas, Canada and the United Arab Emirates.

Number of members: The fraternity has more than 160,000 members.

Colors of KappaAlpha Psi Fraternity: Crimson and cream.

Fraternity motto:Achievement in every human endeavor.

How fraternity participates in our community: Kappa Alpha Psi sponsors programs providing community service, social welfare and academic scholarship through the Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation and is a supporter of community programs such as the United Negro College Fund, Habitat for Humanity, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, the Adopt a

School initiative, volunteering at local Boys & Girls Clubs and Sponsoring Guide Right programs to help give the youths of the community structure and guidance.

How I start the day: By thanking God for another day, and I get my mind ready to battle the everyday challenges of the world.

Three words that best describe me: Ambitious, compassionate and courageous.

Best late-night snack: Butter pecan ice cream from Gelati Celesti on Arthur Ashe Boulevard.

How I unwind: Go out and shoot 1,000 jump shots, play golf, listen to smooth R& B or visit a Caribbean island.

What I have learned about myself during the pandemic: I learned that I could still be highly effective with my everyday business and travel at the shutdown pace we experienced during the pandemic.

Normally, I am a high-energy person who leads a fast-paced life. The pandemic showed me that I can still be highly effective within a restricted environment.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: I love to rehab houses.

I am very handy with tools.

Quote that I am most inspired by: “A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.”

At the top of my “to-do” list: Travel to Portofino and Capri in Italy.

Best thing my parents ever taught me: Hard works pays off and honesty is the best policy.

Person who influenced me the most: My grandfather, James Newman.

Book that influenced me the most: “Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur” by Derek Sivers.

What I’m reading now: “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen R. Covey.

Next goal: Start my podcast show.

Pulitzer-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones chooses Howard University after tenure tug-of-war with UNC Free Press wire, staff report

Acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, who won a Pulitzer Prize last year for her groundbreaking work on the legacy of slavery in the “1619 Project” that she spearheaded for the New York Times Magazine, announced Tuesday that she will not join the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill following an extended tenure fight marked by allegations of racism and conservative backlash about her work.

Instead, Ms. Hannah-Jones has accepted a chaired professorship at Howard University, a historically Black school in Washington, where she also will start a new Center for Journalism and Democracy.

The dispute over whether North Carolina’s flagship public university would grant Ms. Hannah-Jones a lifetime faculty appointment had prompted weeks of outcry from within and beyond its Chapel Hill campus.

Numerous professors and alumni voiced frustration, and Black students and faculty questioned during protests whether the predominantly white university values them.

And while the UNC Board of Trustees belatedly offered her tenure on June 30, Ms. Hannah-Jones said in an interview with The Associated Press that the unfairness of how she was treated as a Black woman steered her toward turning the offer down.

“I wanted to send a powerful message, or what I hope to be a powerful message, that we’re often treated like we should be lucky that these institutions let us in,” said Ms. Hannah-Jones, who earned a master’s degree from UNC’s journalism school. “But we don’t have to go to those institutions if we don’t want to.”

The 45-year-old Ms. Hannah-Jones,

whose work also has been recognized with journalism’s Peabody and Polk awards and a MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship, noted that she hadn’t sought the job but was recruited

by UNC’s journalism dean before her tenure application stalled late last year amid objections by a powerful donor and concerns by conservatives about her work.

Ms. Hannah-Jones will instead accept a tenured position as the Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at Howard University, which also announced Tuesday that award-winning journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates is joining its faculty.

Mr. Coates, a Howard alumnus, received national attention for his article, “The Case for Reparations,” published in 2014 in The Atlantic.

He, too, has received a MacArthur genius grant and won the National Book Award for non-fiction in 2015 for his best-seller “Between the World and Me.” “This is the faculty that molded me.

This is the faculty that strengthened me,” Mr. Coates said. “Personally, I know of no higher personal honor than this.”

Ms. Hannah-Jones’ and Mr. Coates’ Howard appointments are supported by $20 million donated to Howard and announced Tuesday by three philanthropic foundations and an anonymous donor. The gifts are meant to bolster Howard’s investment in Black journalists, the university said.

“At such a critical time for race relations in our country, it is vital that we understand the role of journalism in steering our national conversation and social progress,” Howard President Wayne A. I. Frederick said in a news release.

The total includes $5 million each from the MacArthur Foundation, the

Ms. Hannah-Jones

Ford Foundation, the anonymous donor and the Knight Foundation.

The Knight Foundation’s $5 million investment in the university will endow the Knight Chair, with Ms. Hannah-Jones as the first to hold the position. It is the Knight Foundation’s first new Knight Chair in more than a decade and includes $500,000 to help launch a symposium at Howard to strengthen the teaching of journalism across HBCUs. Ms. Hannah-Jones pointed out that every Knight Chair at UNC since the 1980s has entered that position as a full professor with tenure. But her tenure application submitted to UNC’s trustees last year was halted after a board member who vets the appointments raised questions about her non-academic background.

Instead, she initially was given a five-year contract, despite the fact that her predecessors were granted tenure when appointed. Last week, after weeks of mounting pressure, the trustee board finally voted to offer tenure.

UNC journalism school Dean Su-

san King, who first approached Ms. Hannah-Jones about teaching at UNC and supported her throughout her application, said in a statement that she hopes “that UNC can learn from this long tenure drama about how we must change as a community of scholars in order to grow.”

The university’s enrollment is approximately 60 percent white and 8 percent Black.

More than 30 faculty members of UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media signed a statement Tuesday saying they supported Ms. Hannah-Jones’ decision and decrying “the appalling treatment of one of our nation’s most-decorated journalists by her own alma mater.”

“We will be frank: It was racist,” the statement said.

Asked if she agreed with their assessment, Ms. Hannah-Jones told AP that “the facts speak for themselves.”

According to published reports, the board held up a vote on tenure for Ms. Hannah-Jones after being contacted by Walter Hussman, an influential donor whose conservative views oppose the racial history and conclusions drawn in the 1619 Project.

The UNC journalism school is named for Mr. Hussman, an Arkansas newspaper publisher who pledged $25 million to the school. He has acknowledged in past interviews that he emailed university leaders challenging her work as “highly contentious and highly controversial.”

Mr. Hussman said in a phone interview on Tuesday that he still has “concerns” about the 1619 Project but that he respects Ms. Hannah-Jones.

In her written statement, Ms. Hannah-Jones cited political interference and the influence of a powerful donor to the journalism school.

“I cannot imagine working at and advancing a school named for a man who lobbied against me, who used his wealth to influence the hires and ideology of the journalism school, who ignored my 20 years of journalism experience, all of my credentials, all of my work, because he believed that a project that centered Black Americans equaled the denigration of white Americans,” her statement read. “Nor can I work at an institution whose leadership permitted this conduct and has done nothing to disavow it. How could I believe I’d be able to exert academic freedom with the school’s largest donor so willing to disparage me publicly and attempt to pull the strings behind the scenes? Why would I want to teach at a university whose top leadership chose to remain silent, to refuse transparency, to fail to publicly advocate that I be treated like every other Knight Chair before me?”

What excites Ms. Hannah-Jones most about her Howard appointment, she said, is the opportunity to help mold a new generation of journalists to serve “as the truth tellers in our democracy.”

“Unfortunately, for far too long, the institutions that are training Black journalists ... haven’t been able to get the type of resources they needed, to really compete and gain entry into newsrooms at the rates that they should. And I believe that we can change that.

“While it’s unfortunate how this came about, and I’m deeply saddened by what happened with my alma mater, this is not a consolation prize,” she said of her new position at Howard.

“This hopefully also sends a message to other Black folks, who’ve gotten to a certain status in their career, that we can come home and build our own.”

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Happenings Crowd pleaser There’s nothing like fireworks to draw a crowd. More than 9,000 people packed The Diamond last Saturday during the Richmond Flying Squirrels’ Fourth of July weekend home stand against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies of New York. After the Squirrels’ 2-1 win over the Rumble Ponies Saturday night, the celebration continued with a colorful fireworks display that was visible far outside the baseball stadium. The Flying Squirrels again beat the New York team 12-5 on Sunday, July 4, before a sold out crowd. That game, too, was followed by dueling fireworks and the oohs and ahhs of the crowd.

Photos by Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Union vows to defend teachers in CRT fights Free Press wire report

One of the nation’s largest teachers unions on Tuesday vowed to defend members who are punished for teaching an “honest history” of the United States, a measure that’s intended to counter the wave of states seeking to limit classroom discussion on race and discrimination.

In a virtual address to members of the American Federation of Teachers, president Randi Weingarten said the union is preparing litigation and has a legal defense fund “ready to go.” She promised to fight “culture warriors” who attempt to limit lessons on racism and discrimination by labeling it as critical race theory.

At least six states have passed new laws limiting how race can be taught in the classroom, and similar proposals are being considered in more than a dozen others. Many of the bills are intended to bar the teaching of critical race theory

— an academic framework that truth is what is truly radical examines history through the and wrong.” lens of racism. It centers on the In an interview, Ms. Weinidea that racism is systemic in garten said the union is adding the nation’s institutions and that $2.5 million to an existing legal they function to maintain the defense fund in anticipation of dominance of white people in local fights over the teaching society. of race. The funding Last month, Texas will be used to defend Gov. Greg Abbott teachers who are dissigned a law forbidciplined for teaching ding schools from about slavery and teaching that people racism. The union “should feel discomalso is considering fort, guilt, anguish filing lawsuits to get or any other form of clarification about psychological dis- Ms. Weingarten new state laws limittress” because of their race or ing how racism can be discussed sex. It adds that slavery and in schools, she said. racism can only be taught as “We’re looking at these laws a deviation from the nation’s to see if courts will give some “authentic founding principles” clarification in advance,” Ms. of liberty and equality.

Weingarten said. “It just looks “Mark my words: Our union like it’s an attempt to erase will defend any member who so much of the history of the gets in trouble for teaching United States.” honest history,” Ms. Weingarten Once an obscure academic said in her address. “Teaching idea, critical race theory has the truth is not radical or wrong. become a political rallying cry Distorting history and threaten- for Republicans who argue that ing educators for teaching the it sows division and makes chil-

Monument to activist-journalist Ida B. Wells unveiled in Chicago Free Press wire report

CHICAGO A monument to journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells was unveiled June 30 in Chicago.

Officially called The Light of Truth Ida B. Wells National Monument, the commemoration created by sculptor Richard Hunt was dedicated in the South Side neighborhood where Ms. Wells lived out her life.

The monument has three bronze columns that support intertwined bronze sheets twisted into coils and spirals. One observer had trouble describing the abstraction at the top of the monument, asking if it was a hat or a crown of thorns.

She was more certain about the columns.

“It is interesting,” spectator Roberta Trotter told the Chicago Tribune. ”I just want to know what the artist thinks before I say more. But I do see a strong base. That, I understand — Ida was a strong woman.”

Granddaughter Michelle Duster said traditional busts and statues of Ms. Wells were considered, but she and others pushing for the monument preferred something interpretive, which she said projects Ms. Wells better than the literal.

The monument to Ms. Wells was financed by contributions made during a fundraising campaign over several years led by Ms. Duster.

It sits on the site of the Ida B. Wells Homes, a housing project constructed in the 1930s, torn down in 2011 and replaced with market rate and subsidized housing.

“Hopefully it becomes a point of pride to Bronzeville, the kind of thing people want to serve as a backdrop to their lives here,” Ms. Duster said.

“That’s what I want — a gathering spot.”

Congress Parkway, a major street in Chi-

The Light of Truth Ida B. Wells National Monument

cago’s business district, was renamed for Ms. Wells in 2019.

Ms. Wells, who was born enslaved in 1862 in Mississippi, was a 30-year-old newspaper editor in Memphis, Tenn., when she began her campaign against lynching. Ms. Wells’crusade was prompted by the 1892 lynching of a man whose first child was her godchild. She traveled the South over several months interviewing witnesses and reading reports of similar events, which she published in the newspaper she co-owned and edited, The Memphis Free Speech and Headlight.

In 2020, Ms. Wells was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on the lynching of African-Americans.

Although she was threatened frequently because of her work, she helped to found several civil rights organizations including the NAACP and the National Association of Colored Women.

Ms. Wells died at age 68 of kidney disease on March 25, 1931.

dren feel guilty for being white.

But Ms. Weingarten said the concept has mostly been taught at the college level and is not taught at the nation’s elementary, middle and high schools.

“Teaching America’s history requires considering all the facts available to us — including those that are uncomfortable — like the history of enslavement and discrimination toward people of color and people perceived as different,” she said. “Years ago, the country unified against Holocaust deniers. We must unite again to address racism and its long-term effects.”

The nation’s other major teachers union, the National Education Association, recently issued its own call for an honest teaching of the nation’s racial histories. At the union’s national meeting last week, president Becky Pringle urged teachers to prepare students for a society that “has wrestled with the sins of its past” and learned from them.

“If this grand experiment in democracy is to succeed, if the inhabitants of our nation are to prosper, we must continuously do the work to challenge ourselves and others to dismantle the racist interconnected systems, and the economic injustices that have perpetuated systemic inequities,” Ms. Pringle said.

Ms. Weingarten’s pledge was included in a broader call for improved civics education. She called for better lessons on how

to identify disinformation and on current events, such as the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. To help, the union is recruiting 20 teachers in three school districts to produce new classroom materials and share them with other teachers across the country.

Much of Ms. Weingarten’s speech focused on the coming school year and beyond, as the nation starts to recover from the pandemic. But she also raised concerns about the rapidly spreading delta variant of the coronavirus and what it means for reopening schools.

Ms. Weingarten said schools “can reopen this fall” for full in-person learning, but she cautioned that “there are still risks.”

The union is seeking updated school guidance from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, asking whether students under 12 should wear masks and whether 3 feet of physical distance — the length recommended by the CDC in March — is still enough.

Ms. Weingarten warned that next school year will be the hardest in most teachers’ professional lives. Students will have “enormous” needs, she said, and many schools will be shortstaffed. It will be made harder by critics “who have disparaged educators, scapegoated our unions and blamed us for things outside our control” during the pandemic, she said.

Will Smith paid for NOLA’s fireworks Free Press wire report

NEW ORLEANS Residents and visitors to New Orleans have actor Will Smith to thank for the fireworks display on Independence Day. Mr. Smith picked up the roughly $100,000 tab for the pyrotechnics over the Mississippi River after learning New Orleans Mr. Smith didn’t plan a 2021 show, city officials told news outlets.

New Orleans canceled last year’s fireworks because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Mr. Smith is in New Orleans working on his latest film “Emancipation,” which will tell the story of a slave, Peter, who escaped a Louisiana plantation and whose photo of scars on his back from being whipped exposed the brutality of slavery.

Mr. Smith moved production of the film from Georgia to Louisiana in early April after Georgia passed a new voting law that prompted a federal lawsuit saying the overhaul was intended to deny Black voters equal access to the ballot.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses move annual conventions online for second year For the second consecutive year, the Jehovah’s Witnesses have canceled their large, in-person annual three-day conventions in Richmond and around the globe because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Instead, the denomination’s followers will hold virtual conventions, with congregations united in watching online through July and August.

It is only the second time since 1897 that the Jehovah’s Witnesses will not hold their in-person conventions.

Organizers said the change affecting 15 million to 20 million faithful in 240 nations has not curbed the enthusiasm for the annual event.

“Faith has helped our global brotherhood to continue to thrive even during a pandemic,” said Robert Hendriks, U.S. spokes-

man for Jehovah’s Witnesses. “Our faith will continue to unite us in worship — even virtually — as millions gather in private homes around the world to enjoy a powerful and inspiring spiritual program.”

This year’s theme: “Powerful by Faith!”

The programs will be available in six installments, the first of which was released June 28 and shown to congregations July 3 and 4. The next installment, released for streaming or download on July 5, will be viewed by congregations Saturday, July 10, and Sunday, July 11. The final installment will be available for streaming on Aug. 16, with congregations watching together Aug. 21 and 22.

The conventions are free to stream by the public and are available in more than 500 languages at jw.org.

AME bishops address COVID-19, critical race theory, voting rights as annual meeting opens

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The bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church opened their denomination’s major meeting — a year after it was delayed due to the coronavirus — with a call for greater worldwide access to COVID-19 vaccines and testing.

“Joining our ecumenical and interfaith partners, we call on the United States government to expedite equity in global vaccinations,” they said in a statement released during a news conference Tuesday at the start of their General John Raoux/Associated Press Conference.

Bishop Anne Byfield, front right, president of the Council of Bishops, speaks during the The bishops cited “the des- opening worship service Tuesday at the African Methodist Episcopal Church conference perate need of COVID testing in Orlando, Fla. and vaccine resources” in reThe bishops expressed their gions outside the United States academic theory about systemic denomination who have worked to draw national attention to support for a reparations bill for such as Africa, India and the racism, in a global context.

“We acknowledge the current events in Black history related the massacre and apology to the Caribbean. three remaining survivors and The denomination’s five controversy around Critical Race to slavery and its aftermath.

They saluted Opal Lee, the descendants of those who day-meeting in Orlando, Fla., Theory and acknowledge that is expected to include recorded healing can only begin when the 94, of Fort Worth, Texas, were killed.

“Joining with Vernon Chapel messages from President Biden traumas of the past are recog- who made symbolic marches to Washington, D.C., to seek AME, the only landmark that and Vice President Kamala Har- nized,” the bishops said.

“In African Methodism, our a holiday marking June 19, survived the massacre, our ris, and attendees will consider strategy will be informed by the 1865, when enslaved Black commitment is to make it the proposed legislation.

One proposal suggests re- notion that racism is the root people in Texas learned they law of the land,” they said. pealing the denomination’s evil and that ending racism is were free — two and a half “Reparations is a solution.”

The bishops also expressed ban on same-sex marriage, but one of our highest priorities. years after the Emancipation their support for other legislaJohn Thomas III, editor of the We need partners in the fight Proclamation.

“In 2021, the world learned tion related to voting rights, denomination’s official publica- against race-inspired ills that tion, The Christian Recorder, continue to cry out against anew of AME power, commit- quoting the namesake of the told Religion News Service that inequities beyond the borders ment and tenacity as Juneteenth proposed John Lewis Voting “it probably won’t make it to of the USA. We must signal to became a federal holiday,” the Rights Act. “Especially in the wake the floor.” Usually about a tenth public officials that the actions bishops said.

Weeks before President of the recent Supreme Court of the proposals for the meet- taken are more important than Biden signed the Juneteenth decision essentially gutting ing get adopted and become the proclamations made.”

CRT has sparked debate National Independence Day Act the remaining protections of part of the church’s doctrinal book, noted an AME pastor within other religious organiza- on June 17, an AME church in the 1965 Voting Rights Act,” who has served on the Revisions tions, including the Southern Tulsa, Okla., dedicated a prayer they said, “the AME Church Committee at several General Baptist Convention, as well wall during commemoration must take a public position, as in Congress and in school ceremonies for the 100th an- and get into ‘good trouble,’ thus Conference meetings. of Chriacross earsdistricts y stian Sthe country. niversary of the massacre in helping to ensure that there is g In their statement, the leaders tin a ervi r b e Black denominal The AME bishops also that city when a white mob authentic voter integrity and c of the historic e e C tion, which dates to 1787, also highlighted a congregation and killed an estimated 300 Black protection of every person’s right to vote.” addressed critical race theory, an a deaconess affiliated with their people.

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Legal Notices/Employment Opportunities City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, July 19, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, July 26, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2021-190 To amend Ord. No. 20135-12, adopted February 11, 2013, which authorized the special use of the property known as 3600 Forest Hill Avenue for the purposes of permitting live entertainment and an outdoor dining area, to authorize an expansion of the outdoor dining area, upon certain terms and conditions.

The subject property is located in the B-1 Neighborhood Business District. The Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the subject property as Community Mixed‑Use. Such areas are described as clusters o f m e d i u m ‑ d e n s i t y, walkable commercial and residential uses that provide neighborhood services to nearby residential communities and sometimes feature regional attractions.

Ordinance No. 2021-191 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 2016-261, adopted Nov. 14, 2016, which authorized the special use of a portion of the property known as 1407 Cummings Drive for the purpose of a residential use with up to 40 units accessory to a vocational school and other permitted principal uses on the property, to authorize additional multifamily dwelling units and a nightclub use, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in an M-1 Light Industrial District.

The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Industrial Mixed-Use. Primary uses are retail/ office/personal service, multi-family residential, cultural, and open space.

Ordinance No. 2021-192 To authorize the special use of the property known as 205 West Brookland Park Boulevard for the purpose of art gallery, artist studio, outdoor entertainment, and outdoor retail uses, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located in the UB – Urban Business District.

The Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the subject property for Community Mixed‑Uses.

Primary Uses: Retail/office/ personal service, multifamily residential, cultural, and open space.

Ordinance No. 2021-193 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1624 Pollock Street for the purpose of up to six single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions.

The current zoning for the subject property is R-6 Single Family Attached Residential. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Residential. Primary uses are single-family homes, accessory dwelling units, and open space.

Ordinance No. 2021-194 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3800 Grove Avenue for the purpose of up to six single-family attached dwellings and a parking area, upon certain terms and conditions, and to repeal Ord. No. 2020-225, adopted Nov. 9, 2020.

The property is situated in an R-5 Single-Family Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Residential. Primary uses are single-family homes, accessory dwelling units, and open space.

Ordinance No. 2021-195 To authorize the special use of the property known as 5005 Riverside Drive for the purpose of a short-term rental within an accessory structure to an existing single-family dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions.

The property is situated in an R-3 Single-Family Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Residential. Primary uses are single-family homes, accessory dwelling units, and open space.

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Aug. 26, 1985, and 2009-200204,adopted N o v. 9 , 2 0 0 9 . T h e property is situated in an R-4 Single-Family Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Community Mixed-Use. Primary uses are retail/ office/personal service, multi-family residential, cultural, and open space.

Ordinance No. 2021-197 To close, to public use and travel, an alley bounded by West 9 th Street, Bainbridge Street, West 10 th Street, and Porter Street, consisting of 1,025± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions.

The meetings will be held through electronic communication means pursuant to and in compliance with Ordinance No. 2020-093, adopted April 9, 2020, as most recently amended by Ordinance No. 2021-181, adopted June 28, 2021.

The meetings will be open to participation through electronic communication means by the public and closed to in-person participation by the public.

Less than a quorum of Richmond City Planning Commission members and Richmond City Council will assemble in City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, and most members and other staff will participate by teleconference/ videoconference via Microsoft Teams.

The meetings will be streamed live online at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. a s p x . To w a t c h a meeting’s live stream at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “In Progress” in the farthest right hand column entitled, “Video”.

The agenda for the Richmond City Council meeting is accessible through the City’s legislative website at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. aspx. To view the agenda at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “Agenda” associated with the July 26, 2021 Richmond City Council Formal meeting listed in the calendar.

Interested citizens who wish to speak at the Richmond City Council meeting will be given an opportunity to do so by following the “Formal Meeting Citizen Participation Instructions” attached to the July 26, 2021 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda.

Citizens are encouraged to provide their comments in writing to CityClerksOffice@ richmondgov.com in lieu of calling in. The person responsible for receiving comments in writing is Candice D. Reid, City Clerk. All comments received prior to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, July 26, 2021, will be provided to Council members prior to the meeting and will be included in the record of the meeting.

Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at https://www.rva.gov/ office-city-clerk.

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Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ALTOMEEZE HARRIS-HYDE, Plaintiff v.

EMANUEL HYDE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21002198-00 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 19th day of August, 2021 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, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JOCELYN LOWE Plaintiff v.

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ADRIENNE AVERY, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21001118-00 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, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 13th day of August, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel The Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

2521 Alexander Avenue S0080814036 1732 Altamont Avenue N0001599001 1732 Rear Altamont Avenue N0001599049 3111 Barton Avenue N0001041020 3103 Columbia Street S0080631007 2612 Dale Avenue S0090341023 3051 Decatur Street S0001581009 3513 Decatur Street S0002602015 3311 Edgewood Avenue N0160156003 1009 Holly Spring Avenue S0071164006 3050 Hull Street S0001581008 3601 Hull Street S0002763009 6215 Hull Street Road C0080605030 3212 Lawson Street S0002134020 14 S Lombardy Street W0000658020 3010 Lynhaven Avenue S0080562012 412 Marx Street S0000320002 3607 Maryland Avenue N0001269017 1706 Mechanicsville Turnpike E0120334016 3711 Meridian Avenue S0080885042 2907 Midlothian Turnpike S0001230021 1230 Moore Street N0000577064 7 N Morris Street W0000450038 3103 Noble Avenue N0160203015 4525 Old Warwick Road C0080307014 2217 Rear Park Avenue W0001004048 505 Patrick Avenue N0001460005 2101 Redd Street E0000604025 311 W Roberts Street N0000402002 5417 Salem Street E0100138014 5312 Salem Street E0100139022 1502 Southampton Avenue W0000704021 2712 Southgate Street S0090500007 421 Strawberry Street W0001004039 3812 Terminal Avenue C0090505002 3816 Terminal Avenue C0090505004 3121 Veranda Avenue N0001054029 2102 Wood Street E0001056019 2210 Wright Avenue S0071631005 The owners may redeem this real estate before the date of a sale by paying all accumulated taxes, penalties, interest and costs.

Gregory A. Lukanuski, Deputy City Attorney Office of the City Attorney for the City of Richmond 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia (804) 646-7949

JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

INEZ FLEMING, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-2640 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3019 Terminal Avenue, Tax Map Number C009-0593/002, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Inez Fleming.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, INEZ FLEMING, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that INEZ FLEMING, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 12, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

Notice of Intent to Acquire Property: The Valentine Museum hereby notifies intent to acquire title to the object listed below. There is no last known owner on record & these objects will become the property of the museum after 65 days if no person can prove ownership of the property, pursuant to Code of VA § § 55.1-2606.

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(ABC) AUTHORITY for a Wine and Beer On and Off Premises/Keg Permit license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Steven Gooch, Owner NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www. abc.virginia.gov or 800-5523200.

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JASON TYNDALL Plaintiff v.

ORQUIDEA TYNDALL, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21002180-00 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, who is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 13th day of August, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. 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, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MELICENT MILLER Plaintiff v.

BRANDON MILLER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21000136-00 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, who is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 4th day of August, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interest.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BLANCA CASTILLO CHAVARRIA, Plaintiff v.

ALFONSO PAZ REYES, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21002009-00 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 26th day of July, 2021 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, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

PROPERTY Notice Judicial Sale of Real Estate Notice is hereby given that at least thirty days from the date of this notice the City of Richmond will commence judicial proceedings under the authority of Virginia Code Section 58.1-3965 et seq. to sell the following real estate for payment of delinquent

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Notice of Acquisition of Property:

The Valentine Museum hereby acquires title to the objects listed below as of 6/12/2021. The last known lender on record is listed below & no claims have been made on the property after 65 days pursuant to Code of VA § 55.1-2606.

Lender: Unknown Address: Unknown Loan Date: 1943 Description: Animal Hide (L.43.114) Lender: Mrs. James E. Covington Address: 6106 Three Chopt Road Loan Date: February 4, 1947 Description: Pink and Blue Chiffon Evening Gown (L.47.2a-d) Lender: Miss M. Katharine Cary Address: 1715 Park Avenue Richmond, VA Loan Date: 1947 Description: Lamp and globe (L.47.8, .8b) Lender: The Rev. and Mrs. Day Carper Address: Southern Presbyterian Church Mission, Bibanga, Belgian Congo Loan Date: January 10, 1948 Description: Rattle (L.48.01.09a) Lender: [Unknown First Name] Claiborne Address: Unknown Loan Date: April 14, 1949 Description: Teapot (L.49.2 a-c)

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

RONALD RAY BELTON, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-1972 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3624 Walmsley Boulevard, Tax Map Number C009-0948/014, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Ronald Ray Belton, Jr.

An Affidavit having been filed that ALEXANDRIA D. BOWEN, who may be a creditor with an interest in said property has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that ALEXANDRIA D. BOWEN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 12, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

Lender: Mrs. Djenane M. Lemmon Address: 2 606 Park Avenue Richmond, VA Loan Date: 1951 Description: Medicine spoon (L.51.11)

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Project: UPC 113296; U0000-127-032

AND EAST RICHMOND ROAD OVER GILLIES CREEK BRIDGE REPLACEMENT Project: UPC 113294; U0000-127-032

The City of Richmond Find out about the proposed East Richmond Road over Stony Run bridge replacement (Project: UPC 113296; U0000-127-032) AND East Richmond Road over Gillies Creek bridge replacement (Project: UPC 113294; U0000-127-033) in the City of Richmond.

Review the project information concerning design and environmental documentation at the Department of Public Works office located on the 6th floor of City Hall, 900 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. To review the above material, or for additional information, please email the Department of Public Works at Thomas.Westbrook@ richmondgov.com. Please contact Public Works ahead to ensure availability of appropriate staff to answer your questions.

If your concerns cannot be satisfied, City of Richmond is willing to hold a public hearing. You may request that a public hearing be held by sending a written request to Thomas Westbrook, project manager in the Department of Public Works; 900 E. Broad Street, Room 603; Richmond, Virginia 23219 on or before August 13, 2021. If a request for a public hearing is received, notice of the date, time and place of the hearing will be posted.

City of Richmond ensures nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you have questions or concerns about your civil rights in regard to this project or need special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, please contact the Capital Project manager noted above.

The City of Richmond, Department of Public Works

Public Notice Hearings will be held at the: MPO Policy Board Meeting on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.

The Charlottesville-Albemarle MPO will host a public hearing on: Adopting the updated Public Participation Plan for the Charlottesville-Albemarle MPO. These planning documents outline future Charlottesville-Albemarle MPO activities. More information can be found at (http://campo.tjpdc. org).

The hearings will be held online and phone, visit http://campo.tjpdc.org for connection instructions.

The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. Comments may also be submitted via telephone, email, or letter to the MPO: POB 1505, Charlottesville, VA 22902; phone (434) 979-7310; email: info@tjpdc.org.

CONTACT: Lucinda Shannon 434-979-0654 Ishannon@tjpdc.org

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

VCDC seeking VCDCisis currently currently seeking a a full-time Asset Manager full-time Development Officer totojoin team. join our our team.

For more details For and how andmore howdetails to apply visit:to apply visit: www.vibrantcommunities.us

JRG Markets LLC Trading as: The Stables Market 5001 Libbie Mill East Blvd Ste 135, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia 23230-2152 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control

COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION BID

ITB #21-2189-6JOK Henrico County Water Reclamation Facility Nutrient Removal Upgrade Phase 1 Due: August 11, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.

For additional information visit: https://henrico.us/ finance/divisions/purchasing/ solicitations/

EAST RICHMOND ROAD OVER STONY RUN BRIDGE REPLACEMENT

Lender: Unknown Address: Unknown Loan Date: 1972 Description: Beaker (L.72.06) Lender: Unknown Address: Unknown Loan Date: 1972 Description: Identification Tag “National League / of Women / Voters” (L.72.147.16)

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Lender: Mr. J.A. Jamison Address: 4100 Hermitage Road Richmond, VA Loan Date: June 1, 1950 Description: One Wedding Dress, Dressing Gown and Cape (L.50.06.02-04a,b) Lender: Unknown Address: Unknown Loan Date: 1950 Description: One stuffed animal (bunny) and one pincushion (L.50.2.11 & .13)

FIC.002400 Poster: War Needs Money FIC.002414 Poster: Better Gasoline […]

FIC.002418 Poster: The Flag […]

FIC.002465 Poster: Dish it out […]

FIC.002477 Poster: Share the Deeds […]

FIC.031590 Poster: [Help Stop Fuel Waste] FIC.031600 Poster: [Get in the Scrap] FIC.031601 Poster: [America Needs Your Scrap Rubber] V.52.85.08-.23 Sixteen WWI posters, 1917-1918 V.68.1855.1-.3 Three WWI

Please visit website or contact museum for information on how to make a claim: The Valentine Museum Alicia Starliper, Collections Project Manager/Registrar 804-649-0711 ext. 205 Registrar@thevalentine.org http://www.thevalentine.org/ collections/undocumentedproperty

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MISSION SQUARE /F/K/A/ ICMA RETIREMENT CORPORATION SEEKS ONE WEB APPLICATIONS PROGRAMMER ANALYST III: Resp. for theoretical & practical application of software development & IT methodologies, processes, & standards to translate business needs into technical specifications for optimal web apps. solutions for Investment, Product Development, Finance & Sales teams. Will investigate existing and new data sources to verify data processing rules to maintain data integrity & data security, mitigating risk. Reqs: M.S. in Comp. Sci., Electrical or Electronics Eng., or related IT field, or foreign equiv. & 3 yrs of exp. designing & developing software and 2 yrs’ concurrent exp. using JAVA 1.7/1.8, JSP, HTML, CSS, XML, Oracle, Linux, Eclipse, SQL Developer, Spring, Hibernate, Maven, SVN, Agile Central OR in the alt. B.S. in Comp.

Sci., Electrical or Electronics Eng., or related IT field, or foreign equiv. & 5 yrs of exp. designing & developing software and 2 yrs’ concurrent exp. using JAVA 1.7/1.8, JSP, HTML, CSS, XML, Oracle, Linux, Eclipse, SQL Developer, Spring, Hibernate, Maven, SVN, Agile Central. Job Located: Richmond, VA. Only applicants sending cover letter, CV, salary reqs & references to Eric Malloy, Talent Acquisition Mgr, HR at EMalloy@icmarc. org will be considered.

ASSISTANT TO THE VICE PRESIDENT Richmond, Virginia

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) is seeking an experienced administrative assistant to provide administrative and programmatic support to the International Trade division.

All candidates must apply through our website https://www.vedp.org/about-vedp. Review of applications will begin on July 12, 2021, and continue until the position is filled.

VEDP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, veteran status, political affiliation, genetics, or against otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities. It is VEDP’s intent that its employment and personnel policies and practices conform to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding non-discrimination and affirmative action. Applicants requiring more information or requiring assistance may contact VEDP Human Resources at 1-804545-5634 or vedphr@vedp.org. TDD 1-800828-1120.

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